A weak-constraint four-dimensional variational analysis system in the stratosphere

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 640, 2009, Pages 695-706

  Lindskog, Magnus ^a   Dee, Dick ^a   Trémolet, Yannick ^a   Andersson, Erik ^a   Radnóti, Gabor ^a   Fisher, Mike ^a  

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

Author keywords

Stratospheric model error; Variational data assimilation; Weak constraint 4D Var

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS SYSTEM; BACKGROUND-ERROR COVARIANCES; MODEL ERRORS; RADIANCE DATA; RADIOSONDE TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERIC MODEL ERROR; VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; WEAK-CONSTRAINT 4D-VAR;

DATA PROCESSING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; RADIOSONDE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 69549088754     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.392     Document Type: Article

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