A Lagrangian objective analysis technique for assimilating in situ observations with multiple-radar-derived airflow

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2417-2442

  Ziegler, Conrad L ^a   Buban, Michael S ^b   Rasmussen, Erik N ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CLOUDS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THERMAL GRADIENTS; WATER VAPOR;

BOUNDARY LAYER AIRFLOW; LAGRANGIAN OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAMMETRIC CLOUD-BASE AREA ANLYSIS;

METEOROLOGY;

AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONDENSATION; CUMULUS; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND FIELD;

EID: 34547678054     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3396.1     Document Type: Article

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