Rainfall assimilation using a new four-dimensional variational method: A single-point observation experiment

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 735-742

  Liu, Juanjuan ^a   Wang, Bin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

data assimilation; dimension reduced projection four dimensional variational data assimilation (DRP 4DVar); numerical simulation; rainstorm

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959434850     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-010-0061-9     Document Type: Article

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