Simultaneous state estimation and attenuation correction for thunderstorms with radar data using an ensemble Kalman filter: Tests with simulated data

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 643, 2009, Pages 1409-1423

  Xue, Ming ^a   Tong, Mingjing ^a   Zhang, Guifu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; X band radar reflectivity

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; NEW APPROACHES; NUMERICAL MODELS; OBSERVATION OPERATOR; OBSERVATION SPACE; OPTIMAL ESTIMATION THEORY; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; PRIOR ESTIMATES; RADAR BEAM; RADAR CALIBRATION; RADAR DATA; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RADIAL VELOCITY; REFLECTIVITY DATA; SIMULATED DATA; SQUARE-ROOT; SUPERCELL STORMS; X-BAND RADAR REFLECTIVITY;

CLOUDS; CONTROL THEORY; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION; KALMAN FILTERS; REFLECTION; STATE ESTIMATION; THUNDERSTORMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RADAR;

CALIBRATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR; SUPERCELL; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 70349592525     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.453     Document Type: Article

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