Overview of global data assimilation developments in numerical weather-prediction centres

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 613, 2006, Pages 3215-3233

  Rabier, Florence ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Data impact; Error statistics; Forecast score; Information content; Observing strategies

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE COMPONENTS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA IMPACT; FORECAST SCORE; FORECASTING SYSTEM; GLOBAL DATA; INFORMATION CONTENT; OBSERVING STRATEGIES; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; VARIATIONAL ASSIMILATION;

ATMOSPHERICS; DATA PROCESSING; FORECASTING;

ERROR STATISTICS;

EID: 69749110316     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.129     Document Type: Article

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