Validation for precipitable water from ECMWF model analyses with GPS and radiosonde data during the MAP SOP

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 612, 2005, Pages 3013-3036

  Bock, Olivier ^a   Keil, Christian ^b   Richard, Evelyne ^a   Flamant, Cyrille ^a   Bouin, Marie Noelle ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Mesoscale Alpine Programme

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOSONDES; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; MESOSCALE ALPINE PROGRAMME; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOUR CONTENTS;

METEOROLOGY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; RADIOSONDE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 31944436719     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.27     Document Type: Article

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