4D-Var analysis of potential vorticity pseudo-observations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 617, 2006, Pages 1283-1298

  Guerin, Roy ^a   Desroziers, Gerald ^a   Arbogast, Philippe ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

ARPEGE IFS; Data assimilation; Extratropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; VORTEX FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOPAUSE;

STORMS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOPAUSE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746268374     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.53     Document Type: Article

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