Dynamical structure functions in a four-dimensional variational assimilation: A case study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 530, 1996, Pages 535-561

  Thépaut, Jean Noël ^a,b   Courtier, Philippe ^a   Belaud, Gilles ^a   Lemaître, Gwendal ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Kalman filter; Singular vectors; Structure functions; Variational assimilation

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; DYNAMICAL STRUCTURE FUNCTION; ECMWF; KALMAN FILTER;

EID: 0029750114     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53011     Document Type: Article

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