Simultaneous estimation of microphysical parameters and atmospheric state with simulated radar data and ensemble square root Kalman filter. Part II: Parameter estimation experiments

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1649-1668

  Tong, Mingjing ^a   Xue, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KALMAN FILTERS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADAR REFLECTION; STATE ESTIMATION;

ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER METHOD; SINGLE-MOMENT ICE MICROPHYSICS SCHEME;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CORRELATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR CORRECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; KALMAN FILTER; PARAMETERIZATION; RADAR;

EID: 44449167987     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2071.1     Document Type: Article

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