A variational assimilation technique in a hybrid isentropic-sigma coordinate

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 245-257

  Devenyi, Dezso ^a,b   Benjamin, Stanley G ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0345329906     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-001-0590-y     Document Type: Article

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