Heterogeneous convective-scale background error covariances with the inclusion of hydrometeor variables

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2994-3015

  Michel, Yann ^a   Auligné, Thomas ^b   Montmerle, Thibaut ^a  

^a CNRM GAME and CNRS   (France)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ensembles; Hydrometeorology; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCOVARIANCES; BACKGROUND ERRORS; BACKGROUND-ERROR COVARIANCES; CONTROL VARIABLE; CONVECTIVE STORMS; COVARIANCE MATRICES; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLES; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; STATISTICAL STRUCTURES; STRONG COUPLING; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; VERTICAL CORRELATION; VERTICAL EXTENSION;

CLOUDS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; DATA PROCESSING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

RAIN;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053213295     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011MWR3632.1     Document Type: Article

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