Use of Canadian Quick covariances in the Met Office data assimilation system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 635, 2008, Pages 1567-1582

  Jackson, David R ^a   Keil, M ^a   Devenish, B J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Background error covariances; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VALUE ENGINEERING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; BACKGROUND-ERROR COVARIANCES; BOOTSTRAPPING APPROACHES; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; DYNAMICAL BALANCES; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDERS; EFFECTIVE TOOLS; ERROR COVARIANCES; FORECAST MODELS; HIGH LATITUDES; MEAN ERRORS; NEW MODELS; NOISY PATTERNS; STRATOSPHERE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; EOS; FORECASTING METHOD; GRAVITY WAVE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 57349143969     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.294     Document Type: Article

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