Accounting for model error in the Météo-France ensemble data assimilation system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 662, 2012, Pages 249-262

  Raynaud, Laure ^a   Berre, Loïk ^a   Desroziers, Gérald ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

A posteriori diagnostics; Background error variances; Ensemble data assimilation; Flow dependency; Model error; Multiplicative inflation

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND ERRORS; ENSEMBLE DATA ASSIMILATION; FLOW DEPENDENCY; MODEL ERROR; MULTIPLICATIVE INFLATION;

FORECASTING; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS;

DATA PROCESSING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FRANCE;

EID: 84860394580     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.906     Document Type: Article

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