The optimal density of atmospheric sounder observations in the Met Office NWP system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 629 B, 2007, Pages 1933-1943

  Dando, Marie L ^a,b   Thorpe, A J ^a   Eyre, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D Var; ATOVS; Correlated observation errors; Data assimilation; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CORRELATED OBSERVATION ERRORS; DATA ASSIMILATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PREDICTION; SATELLITE DATA; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 38849191109     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.175     Document Type: Article

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