Impact of data assimilation on forecasting convection over the United Kingdom using a high-resolution version of the met office unified model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1562-1584

  Dixon, Mark ^a   Li, Zhihong ^a   Lean, Humphrey ^a   Roberts, Nigel ^a   Balland, Sue ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION THRESHOLD; AREAL COVERAGE; CONVECTION-DOMINATED; CONVECTIVE STORMS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MODEL ERRORS; MODEL SKILL; MOISTURE FIELD; NOWCASTING; OVER-ESTIMATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE OBSERVATION; SURFACE PRECIPITATION; SYSTEM USE; TIME-SCALES; UNIFIED MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS;

FORECASTING; RADAR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STORMS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

DATA PROCESSING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; NOWCASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 68249143007     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2561.1     Document Type: Article

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