Flow-dependent background-error covariances for a convective-scale data assimilation system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 663, 2012, Pages 310-322

  Brousseau, Pierre ^a   Berre, Loïk ^a   Bouttier, François ^a   Desroziers, Gérald ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

3D Var; AROME France; Assimilation ensemble; Limited area model

Indexed keywords

3D-VAR; AROME-FRANCE; ASSIMILATION ENSEMBLE; BACKGROUND ERRORS; BACKGROUND-ERROR COVARIANCES; CROSS-CORRELATIONS; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; DAY-TO-DAY VARIABILITY; ENSEMBLE DATA ASSIMILATION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LIMITED-AREA MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MODEL DOMAINS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; TIME-DEPENDENT;

VALUE ENGINEERING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FRANCE;

EID: 84858290882     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.920     Document Type: Article

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