Use of adjoint sensitivity analysis to diagnose the CMC global analysis performance: A case study

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 423-443

  Laroche, Stéphane ^a   Tanguay, Monique ^a   Zadra, Ayrton ^a   Morneau, Josée ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERROR ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SURFACE PRESSURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CALIFORNIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442627147     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.400404     Document Type: Article

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