Assimilaton of precipitation information using column model physics as a weak constraint

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3865-3879

  Hou, Arthur Y ^a   Zhang, Sara Q ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

COLUMN MODEL PHYSICS; VARIATIONAL CONTINUOUS ASSIMILATION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; DATA ASSIMILATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 37349107826     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2006JAS2028.1     Document Type: Article

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