Combination of Kalman filter and an empirical method for the correction of near-surface temperature forecasts: Application over Greece

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 23-1-23-4

  Anadranistakis, Manolis ^a   Lagouvardos, Kostas ^b   Kotroni, Vassiliki ^b   Skouras, K ^c  

^a Hellenic National Meteorological Service   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR DETECTION; KALMAN FILTERING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EMPIRICAL METHODS;

GEOPHYSICS;

CORRECTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GREECE;

EID: 0242432516     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl014773     Document Type: Article

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