A Comparison of ETKF and Downscaling in a Regional Ensemble Prediction System

Based on the operational regional ensemble prediction system (REPS) in China Meteorological Administration (CMA), this paper carried out comparison of two initial condition perturbation methods: an ensemble transform Kalman filter (ETKF) and a dynamical downscaling of global ensemble perturbations....

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Main Authors: Hanbin Zhang, Jing Chen, Xiefei Zhi, Yanan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-03-01
Series:Atmosphere
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/6/3/341