Impact of the additional FASTEX radiosonde observations on the High-Resolution Limited-Area Model (HIRLAM) data-assimilation and forecasting system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 561, 1999, Pages 3359-3374

  Amstrup, Bjarne ^a   Huang, Xiang Yu ^b  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Fronts and Atlantic Storm Track EXperiment (FASTEX); Numerical weather prediction; Observing system experiments (OSEs)

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; FASTEX; FORECASTING METHOD; RADIOSONDE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033504531     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56110     Document Type: Article

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