The ECMWF operational implementation of four-dimensional variational assimilation. III: Experimental results and diagnostics with operational configuration

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 564, 2000, Pages 1191-1215

  Klinker, E ^a   Rabier, F ^b   Kelly, G ^b   Mahfouf, J F ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

4D Var; Data assimilation; Numerical weather prediction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; PREDICTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0034024295     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56416     Document Type: Article

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