A frequent-updating analysis system based on radar, surface, and mesoscale model data for the beijing 2008 forecast demonstration project

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1715-1735

  Sun, Juanzhen ^a   Chen, Mingxuan ^b   Wang, Yingchun ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Mesoscale models; Radar observations; Surface observations

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS SYSTEM; BEIJING , CHINA; COLD POOL; CONVECTIVE INITIATION; CONVECTIVE WEATHER; DATA ASSIMILATION; DEMONSTRATION PROJECT; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; MESOSCALE MODEL; NOWCASTING; OLYMPICS; RADAR DATA; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RADIAL VELOCITY; REAL TIME; SURFACE OBSERVATION; SURFACE OBSERVATIONS; UPGRADED SYSTEMS; WIND PROFILER;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; DOPPLER RADAR; LAKES; RADAR; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA PROCESSING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA ASSIMILATION; DOPPLER RADAR; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NOWCASTING; OLYMPIC GAMES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 78650989776     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010WAF2222336.1     Document Type: Article

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