Tangent linear aspects of the Kain-Fritsch moist convective parameterization scheme

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2477-2494

  Fillion, Luc ^a   Bélair, Stéphane ^b  

^a Data Assimilation Satellite M   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ERROR COVARIANCES; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION (4DVAR); MOIST CONVECTIVE PARAMETERIZATION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CONVECTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 7744228504     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<2477:TLAOTK>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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