A direct way of specifying flow-dependent background error correlations for meteorological analysis systems

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-57

  Riishøjgaard, Lars Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR COVARIANCE; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; OZONE FIELD;

EID: 0031802151     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v50i1.14511     Document Type: Article

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