On the relative contribution of wind and mass observations in numerical weather forecasting

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-112

  Tsyroulnikov, Mikhail D ^a  

^a Hydrometeorol Res Center of Russia   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Covariance structure; Geostrophic adjustment; Mass field; Optimal estimates; Perturbation energy; Predictability errors; Slow modes; Wind field

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

EID: 0141514581     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(03)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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