Experimental 2D-Var assimilation of ARM cloud and precipitation observations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 617, 2006, Pages 1325-1347

  Lopez, Phillipe ^a   Benedetti, Angela ^a   Bauer, Peter ^a   Janisková, Marta ^a   Köhler, Martin ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brightness temperature; Data assimilation; Radar reflectivity; Rain gauge data; Total precipitable water vapour

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETRY; RAIN GAGES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; RADAR REFLECTIVITY; WATER VAPOUR;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD; DATA ASSIMILATION; GPS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33746267286     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.24     Document Type: Article

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