Targeted observations in FASTEX: Adjoint-based targeting procedures and data impact experiments in IOP17 and IOP18

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 561, 1999, Pages 3241-3270

  Langland, R H ^a   Gelaro, R ^a   Rohaly, G D ^a   Shapiro, M A ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Naval Research Laboratory ^*

Author keywords

Adjoint methods; Analysis error; Extratropical cyclones; Predictability; Targeted observations

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT METHOD; CYCLOGENESIS; FASTEX; PREDICTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033512437     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56105     Document Type: Article

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