Developments in ECMWF's 4D-Var system

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 19-24

  Andersson, Erik ^a   Cardinali, C ^a   Fisher, M ^a   Holm, E ^a   Isaksen, L ^a   Tremolet Y ^a   Hollingsworth, A ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ERROR ANALYSIS; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND STRESS;

LOW RESOLUTION MODEL FIELDS; MODERN CONTROL THEORY; REDUCED RANK KALMAN FILTER; SUBSPACE DIMENTIONS;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 2442487598     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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