Tests of an ensemble Kalman filter for mesoscale and regional-scale data assimilation. Part II: Imperfect model experiments

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1403-1423

  Meng, Zhiyong ^a   Zhang, Fuqing ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE MATRIX; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW; STORMS;

ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTEX;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOWSTORM; VORTICITY;

EID: 34248364831     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3352.1     Document Type: Article

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