Limited-area model error statistics over Western Africa: Comparisons with midlatitude results

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 614, 2006, Pages 213-230

  Montmerle, Thibaut ^a   Lafore, Jean Philippe ^a   Berre, Loïk ^a   Fischer, Claude ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

AMMA; Background error statistics; Data assimilation; NMC method

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ERROR STATISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DIVERGENCE; ERROR COVARIANCE MATRIX; LIMITED-AREA MODEL; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; SURFACE PRESSURE; VORTICITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33644596665     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.16     Document Type: Article

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