A probabilistic approach for SeaWinds data assimilation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 596 PART A, 2004, Pages 127-152

  Portabella, M ^a   Stoffelen, A ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Quality control; Scatterometer; Variational analysis; Wind inversion

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS; COST FUNCTIONS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SATELLITES;

MULTIPLE SOLUTION SCHEME (MSS); REALISTIC WINDS; SEAWINDS DATA ASSIMILATION;

METEOROLOGY; WIND;

DATA ASSIMILATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCATTEROMETER; SEA SURFACE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

INFORMATION CONTENTS; MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; SCATTEROMETERS; STANDARD PROCEDURES; VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS; WIND INVERSION;

EID: 0442328014     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.205     Document Type: Article

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