Source function estimate by means of variational data assimilation applied to the ETEX-I tracer experiment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4219-4225

  Robertson, L ^a   Langner, J ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Eulerian transport model; Source estimate

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

SOURCE FUNCTION ESTIMATION; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032401772     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00176-9     Document Type: Article

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