The ECMWF operational implementation of four-dimensional variational assimilation. II: Experimental results with improved physics

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 564, 2000, Pages 1171-1190

  Mahfouf, J F ^a   Rabier, F ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Physical parametrizations; Tangent linear models; Variational assimilation methods

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT METHOD; CLIMATE MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0034028516     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56415     Document Type: Article

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