A diagnostic study of time variations of regionally averaged background error covariances

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Monteiro, Maria ^a   Berre, Loïk ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING;

ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; AVERAGE ERRORS; BACKGROUND-ERROR COVARIANCES; COMPUTATION DOMAINS; DAILY CHANGE; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ERROR STRUCTURES; LIMITED AREA MODELS; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; SPATIAL AVERAGE; SPATIAL CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; STATIONARITY; TIME VARIATIONS; VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; WESTERN EUROPE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 78650027943     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014095     Document Type: Article

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