Variational assimilation of TMI rain type and precipitation retrievals into global numerical weather prediction

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 671-693

  Aonashi, Kazumasa ^a   Yamazaki, Nobuo ^a   Kamahori, Hirotaka ^a   Takahashi, Kiyotoshi ^a   Liu, Fahua ^b   Yoshida, Kazuo ^c  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b CRC Solutions Corp   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 3242771281     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2004.671     Document Type: Article

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