Statistical design for adaptive weather observations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2536-2552

  Berliner, L Mark ^a,b   Lu, Zhan Qian ^c   Snyder, Chris ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ERRORS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ADAPTIVE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; STATISTICAL DESIGN;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

FORECASTING METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0032764042     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<2536:SDFAWO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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