On the extraction of wind information from the assimilation of ozone profiles in Météo-France 4-D-Var operational NWP suite

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4855-4867

  Semane, N ^a,b   Peuch, V H ^a   Pradier, S ^a   Desroziers, G ^a   El Amraoui, L ^a   Brousseau, P ^a   Massart, S ^c   Chapnik, B ^a   Peuch, A ^d  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b CNRM   (Morocco)

^c CERFACS   (France)

^d DP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DATA ASSIMILATION; HUMIDITY; OZONE; RADIANCE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FRANCE;

EID: 77949559419     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-4855-2009     Document Type: Article

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