The WRF 3DVar System Combined with Physical Initialization for Assimilation of Doppler Radar Data

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-139

  Yang, Yi ^a   Qiu, Chongjian ^a   Gong, Jiandong ^b   Jing, Huang ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

3DVar; Assimilation; Doppler radar; Physical initialization

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD WATER; DOPPLER RADAR; HUMIDITY; WATER CONTENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 67651092280     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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