Gravity-wave drag estimation from global analyses using variational data assimilation principles. II: Case study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 618 A, 2006, Pages 1527-1543

  Pulido, M ^a,b   Thuburn, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adjoint model; Middle atmosphere; Parameter estimation; Twin experiments

Indexed keywords

DRAG; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

DATA ASSIMILATION; GRAVITY-WAVE DRAG FIELD; MIDDLE-ATMOSPHERE ANALYSES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

DRAG; GRAVITY WAVE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; SNOW;

EID: 33748872124     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.43     Document Type: Article

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