Assimilating surface data into a mesoscale model ensemble: Cold pool analyses from spring 2007

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 207-220

  Stensrud, David J ^a   Yussouf, Nusrat ^a,b   Dowell, David C ^c   Coniglio, Michael C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b National Weather Center   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold pools; Data assimilation; Mesoscale analysis; Surface observations

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND LEVEL; COLD POOL; COLD POOLS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; MESOSCALE ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE FEATURES; MESOSCALE MODEL; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; SURFACE DATA; SURFACE FEATURE; SURFACE OBSERVATIONS; VERTICAL MOTIONS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WEATHER RESEARCH;

CONTROL THEORY; DATA PROCESSING; KALMAN FILTERS; LAKES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SURFACE ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COLD POOL; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA ASSIMILATION; DEW POINT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPRING (SEASON); STRATIFORM CLOUD;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 67349283548     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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