Variational assimilation of cloud fraction in the operational Met Office Unified Model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 661, 2011, Pages 1963-1974

  Renshaw, Richard ^a   Francis, Peter N ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloud assimilation; SEVIRI

Indexed keywords

CLOUD ASSIMILATION; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD DATA; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD OBSERVATIONS; FORECAST MODEL; INITIAL CONDITIONS; SEVIRI; UNIFIED MODEL; VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL ASSIMILATION; WEATHER SERVICES;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; METEOROLOGY;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CLOUD COVER; DATA ASSIMILATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 83255176680     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.980     Document Type: Article

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