Assimilation of screen-level variables in ECMWF's integrated forecast system: A study on the impact on the forecast quality and analyzed soil moisture

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 300-314

  Drusch, Matthias ^a   Viterbo, Pedro ^a  

^a European Centre for Meadium Range Weather Forecasts   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DATA REDUCTION; INTERPOLATION; METEOROLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE;

OPEN LOOP SYSTEM; OPTIMAL INTERPOLATION; SCREEN-LEVEL VARIABLES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ERROR ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE FLUX; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33847408018     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3309.1     Document Type: Article

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