Prediction of visibility and aerosol within the operational Met office unified model.I: Model formulation and variational assimilation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 636, 2008, Pages 1801-1816

  Clark, P A ^a   Harcourt, S A ^a   Macpherson, Bruce ^a   Mathison, C T ^a   Cusack, S ^a   Naylor, M ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D Var; Fog; Humidity

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TURBULENT FLOW;

3D-VAR; AEROSOL MODELS; AEROSOL SOURCES; DIRECT IMPACTS; FORECAST TIMES; HUMIDITY; LAYER MIXING; MODEL FORMULATIONS; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; OBSERVATION OPERATORS; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; UNIFIED MODELS; VARIATIONAL ASSIMILATIONS;

VISIBILITY;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; HUMIDITY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISIBILITY;

EID: 57349112523     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.318     Document Type: Article

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