Error characterisation of atmospheric motion vectors

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-131

  Le Marshall, J ^a   Rea, A ^a   Leslie, L ^b,c   Seecamp, R ^a   Dunn, M ^d  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VECTOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 4344625609     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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