Evaluations of BDA scheme using the advanced research WRF (ARW) model

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 680-689

  Xiao, Qingnong ^a   Chen, Liqiang ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaoyan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED RESEARCHES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DATA ASSIMILATION; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; HURRICANE-INTENSITY FORECAST; KATRINA; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SURFACE WINDS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

DATA PROCESSING; EXPERIMENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEA LEVEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VALUE ENGINEERING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HURRICANES;

DATA ASSIMILATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HURRICANE EVENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDICTION; SURFACE WIND; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 67549131078     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1994.1     Document Type: Article

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