Data assimilation of high-density observations. I: Impact on initial conditions for the MAP/SOP IOP2b

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 605, 2005, Pages 21-42

  Faccani, Claudia ^a   Ferretti, Rossella ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b CETEMPS   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D Var; Mesoscale Alpine Program; Objective analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; INITIALIZATION; OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS;

DATA ACQUISITION;

DATA ASSIMILATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 23044503432     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.56A     Document Type: Article

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