Ensemble prediction for nowcasting with a convection-permitting model – II: forecast error statistics
By: R. N. Bannister, S. Migliorini and M. A. G. Dixon
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00500.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 497 - 512
Submitted on: Apr 14, 2010
Accepted on: Dec 29, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2011
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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