Some statistical considerations associated with the data assimilation of precipitation observations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 562, 2000, Pages 339-359

  Errico, Ronald M ^a   Fillion, Luc ^c   Nychka, Douglas ^a   Lu, Zhan Qian ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Baye's theorem; Humidity analysis; Temperature analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; HUMIDITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034078068     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712656217     Document Type: Article

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