Abstract
Numerical weather prediction (NWP) entails the use of computer models of the atmosphere to simulate how the state of the atmosphere is likely to evolve over a period of several hours up to 1 or 2 weeks ahead. This approach is central to modern operational weather forecasting: it is the improvements in NWP systems that have led to continual improvements in the skill of weather forecasts over recent decades.
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- Data Assimilation
- Ensemble Member
- Ensemble Forecast
- Numerical Weather Prediction Model
- Ensemble Kalman Filter
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Swinbank, R. (2010). Numerical Weather Prediction. In: Lahoz, W., Khattatov, B., Menard, R. (eds) Data Assimilation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74703-1_15
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