Use of a nonlinear pseudo-relative humidity variable in a multivariate formulation of moisture analysis

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 657, 2011, Pages 1004-1018

  Gustafsson, N ^a   Thorsteinsson, S ^b   Stengel, M ^a   Holm E ^c  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

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

Author keywords

4D Var; Data assimilation; HIRLAM; Moisture

Indexed keywords

4D-VAR; CONTROL VARIABLE; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECAST ERRORS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIRLAM; HUMIDITY VARIABLES; LIMITED AREA MODELS; MOISTURE BALANCE; NON-GAUSSIAN; NON-LINEARITY; OUTER LOOP; SATURATED STATE; SATURATION PRESSURE; SPACE AND TIME; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUMMER MONTHS; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; WATER VAPOUR; WINTER MONTHS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DATA PROCESSING; ERROR STATISTICS; ERRORS; EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; MOISTURE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REAL VARIABLES; VALUE ENGINEERING;

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PROBABILITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79957890643     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.813     Document Type: Article

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