A new methodology for assimilation of initial soil moisture fields in weather prediction models using meteosat and NOAA data

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1271-1283

  Van Den Hurk, Bart J J M ^a   Bastiaanssen, Wim G M ^b   Pelgrum, Henk ^b   Van Meijgaard, Erik ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOSAT; NOAA; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER PREDICTION;

EID: 0031402384     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<1271:ANMFAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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