The role of operational constraints in selecting supplementary observations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2859-2871

  Hansen, J A ^a   Smith, L A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ERROR ANALYSIS; LINEARIZATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADAPTIVE OBSERVATION STRATEGIES; ANALYSIS ERRORS; LINEARIZED MODEL DYNAMICS; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS;

METEOROLOGY;

ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0034277327     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<2859:TROOCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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