Sensitivity of ensemble Lagrangian reconstructions to assimilated wind time step resolution

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3155-3162

  Pisso, I ^a,c   Marecal V ^b   Legras, B ^a   Berthet, G ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRATOSPHERE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND FIELD;

EID: 77950401777     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-3155-2010     Document Type: Article

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