Simulation study of the effects of model uncertainty in variational assimilation of radar data on rainfall forecasting

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 239, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 85-96

  Grecu, M ^a   Krajewski, W F ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Model uncertainty; Rainfall forecasting; Variational assimilation

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAIN;

MODEL UNCERTAINTY; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; VARIATIONAL ASSIMILATION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR;

EID: 0034694937     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00356-5     Document Type: Article

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