Tangent linear and adjoint of "on-off" processes and their feasibility for use in 4-dimensional variational data assimilation

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-31

  Zou, X ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; MESOSCALE MODEL; ON-OFF PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL PREDICTION;

EID: 0030878728     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v49i1.12209     Document Type: Article

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