Targeting observations with the quasi-inverse linear and adjoint NCEP global models: Performance during FASTEX

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 561, 1999, Pages 3329-3337

  Pu, Zhao Xia ^a   Kalnay, Eugenia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adjoint; Fronts and Atlantic Storm Track EXperiment (FASTEX); Quasi inverse linear targeted observations

Indexed keywords

CYCLOGENESIS; FASTEX; FORECASTING METHOD; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033509046     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56108     Document Type: Article

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