Targeted observations of a polar low in the Norwegian Sea

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 660, 2011, Pages 1688-1699

  Irvine, E A ^a   Gray, S L ^a   Methven, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter; IPY THORPEX; Predictability; Reverse shear

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; DENSE NETWORK; DROPSONDE DATA; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE TRANSFORM KALMAN FILTER; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FORECAST ERRORS; FORECAST IMPROVEMENTS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; IPY-THORPEX; POLAR LOWS; PREDICTABILITY; QUIKSCAT; REVERSE SHEAR; UNIFIED MODEL;

DATA PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTER; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 80052548568     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.914     Document Type: Article

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