Assessing atmospheric predictability on Mars using numerical weather prediction and data assimilation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 651, 2010, Pages 1614-1635

  Rogberg, P ^a   Read, P L ^a   Lewis, S R ^b   Montabone, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ensemble forecasting; Global surveyor; Martian atmosphere; Thermal emission spectrometer

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FIELDS; ATMOSPHERIC PREDICTABILITY; BAROCLINIC; CHAOTIC GROWTH; DATA ASSIMILATION; DETERMINISTIC FORECASTS; DUST DISTRIBUTION; EMISSION SPECTROMETERS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FORECAST ERRORS; GLOBAL OBSERVATION; GLOBAL SURVEYOR; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INITIAL VALUES; MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; MODEL RESULTS; NUMERICAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE BALANCE; REANALYSIS; STAND -ALONE; THERMAL EMISSION SPECTROMETERS; TIME-SCALES; WINTER SEASONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DATA PROCESSING; DUST; ERRORS; SOLS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SURVEYING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TRANSIENTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL; DATA ASSIMILATION; DUST; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECTROMETER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77957109600     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.677     Document Type: Article

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