Impact of GPS zenith delay assimilation on convective-scale prediction of Mediterranean heavy rainfall

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Yan, X ^a   Ducrocq, V ^a   Poli, P ^a,b   Hakam, M ^c   Jaubert, G ^a   Walpersdorf, A ^d  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c Développement et Modélisation Numérique Maritime Service Maritime Direction de la Météorologie Nationale du Maroc ^*  (Morocco)

^d UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; HEAVY WATER; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TROPOSPHERE; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BIAS CORRECTIONS; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; DATA ASSIMILATIONS; DEEP CONVECTIONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING; GROUND STATIONS; HEAVY PRECIPITATIONS; HEAVY RAINFALLS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTIONS; HYDROSTATIC MODELS; MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTIONS; PARAMETERIZED; PRECIPITATION FORECASTS; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS; ZENITH DELAYS; ZENITH TOTAL DELAYS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR CORRECTION; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING BIAS; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING; ZENITH ANGLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65249126939     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011036     Document Type: Article

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