An extended specification of flow-dependent background error variances in the Météo-France global 4D-Var system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 656, 2011, Pages 607-619

  Raynaud, Laure ^a   Berre, Loïk ^a   Desroziers, Gérald ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Background error variances; Balance operators; Ensemble Kalman filter; Ensemble of assimilations; Flow dependency

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND ERRORS; BALANCE OPERATORS; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; ENSEMBLE OF ASSIMILATIONS; FLOW DEPENDENCY;

ERRORS; KALMAN FILTERS; STORMS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

SPECIFICATIONS;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTER; STORM; SURFACE PRESSURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FRANCE;

EID: 79952493683     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.795     Document Type: Article

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