The 3D-var data assimilation experiments on a dense fog event over the central plain of China

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 116-127

  Liang, Aimin ^a,b   Zhang, Qinghong ^a   Liu, Kaiyu ^a,c   Shen, Hongxi ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Meteorological Center of CAAC   (China)

^c Guiyang Air Traffic Management Center of CAAC   (China)

Author keywords

AMDAR (Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay) data; Analysis increment; Dense fog; Variational assimilation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; FOG; HUMIDITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 63149132136     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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