Radial wind super-obs from the WSR-88D radars in the NCEP operational assimilation system

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1090-1109

  Alpert, Jordan C ^a   Kumar, V Krishna ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

HIGH-RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS; RADAR RADIAL WIND;

METEOROLOGY;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DOPPLER RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34047225806     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3324.1     Document Type: Article

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