Estimates of short-range forecast-temperature error correlations and the implications for radiance-data assimilation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 562, 2000, Pages 361-373

  McNally, A P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Satellite sounding

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; RADIANCE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0034085022     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712656218     Document Type: Article

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