The THORPEX observation impact intercomparison experiment

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4009-4025

  Gelaro, Ronald ^a   Langland, Rolf H ^b   Pellerin, Simon ^c   Todling, Ricardo ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Experimental design; Model comparison; Model errors; Numerical weather prediction forecasting

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MODEL COMPARISON; MODEL ERRORS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION/FORECASTING;

DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS; EXPERIMENTS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; STATISTICS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADJOINT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ASSIMILATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 78650228134     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3393.1     Document Type: Article

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