A multicase comparative assessment of the ensemble Kalman filter for assimilation of radar observations. Part II: Short-range ensemble forecasts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1273-1292

  Aksoy, Altuǧ ^a,b   Dowell, David C ^b   Snyder, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ensembles; Kalman Filter; Radar observations; Short range prediction

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MODELS; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; ENSEMBLE MEMBERS; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; MULTICELLULAR ORGANIZATION; RADAR DATA ASSIMILATION; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SHORT RANGE ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; STATE-SPACE; SUPER CELL; TIME-SCALES; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

DATA PROCESSING; KALMAN FILTERS; RADAR;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA QUALITY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77955524010     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR3086.1     Document Type: Article

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