Impact of improved soil moisture on the ECMWF precipitation forecast in West Africa

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Agusti Panareda A ^a   Balsamo, G ^a   Beljaars, A ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

FORECAST SYSTEMS; GULF OF GUINEA; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INTERCOMPARISONS; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL FORCING; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; OFFLINE; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; SHORT-RANGE PRECIPITATION FORECAST; STRONG COUPLING; WEATHER FORECASTS; WEST AFRICA;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COUPLING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND SURFACE; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; SOIL MOISTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 77957155979     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044748     Document Type: Article

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