Efficient moist physics schemes for data assimilation. I: Large-scale clouds and condensation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 640, 2009, Pages 707-720

  Stiller, O ^a   Ballard, S P ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4D Var; Latent heat; Perturbation forecast; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

4D-VAR; COMPENSATING ERRORS; DATA ASSIMILATION; EXTRATROPICS; LATENT HEAT RELEASE; LINEAR MODEL; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NORTH ATLANTIC; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; PERTURBATION FORECAST; POST PROCESSING; PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION STRENGTH; TEST RESULTS; VARIATIONAL ASSIMILATION;

CONDENSATION; LATENT HEAT; LINEARIZATION; VALUE ENGINEERING;

FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 69549138636     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.400     Document Type: Article

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