Modelling of forecast errors in geophysical fluid flows

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1147-1153

  Bannister, R N ^a   Katz, D ^a   Cullen, M J P ^b   Lawless, A S ^a   Nichols, N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Forecast error covariances; Meterology; Potential vorticity; Shallow water equations; Unified model

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; VORTICITY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECAST ERROR; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

DATA PROCESSING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; VORTICITY;

EID: 40749112719     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1618     Document Type: Conference Paper

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