Assimilating ambiguous QuikScat scatterometer observations in HIRLAM 3-D- Var at the Nowegian Meteorological Institute

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-68

  Tveter, Frank Thomas ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DECISION ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; SCATTEROMETER; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 33645998754     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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