Direct 4D-var assimilation of NCEP stage IV radar and gauge precipitation data at ECMWF

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2098-2116

  Lopez, Philippe ^a  

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

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Numerical weather prediction; Precipitation; Radars radar observations; Variational analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; GEOPOTENTIALS; INTEGRATED FORECASTING SYSTEMS; NATURAL EXTENSION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RAIN GAUGES; VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS; WIND FORECASTS;

GAGES; RADAR; VALUE ENGINEERING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA PROCESSING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RAINGAUGE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960715518     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3565.1     Document Type: Article

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