Assimilation of wind profiler data in the Canadian Meteorological Centre's analysis systems

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1181-1194

  St James, Judy S ^a   Laroche, Stéphane ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Data Assimilaton and Satellite Meteorology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADIOSONDES; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND;

RADIOSONDE WINDS; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; WIND PROFILER;

METEOROLOGY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; REMOTE SENSING; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 26444474671     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1765.1     Document Type: Article

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