A methodology for forming components of the linear model in 4D-Var with application to the marine boundary layer

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 255-261

  Payne, Tim ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Four dimensional variational data assimilation; Linear model; Physical processes

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; LINEARITY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

EID: 77949335330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.234     Document Type: Article

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