Application of the WRF hybrid ETKF-3DVAR data assimilation system for hurricane track forecasts

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 868-884

  Wang, Xuguang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ensembles; Forecasting; Hurricanes

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION METHODS; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLES; ERROR COVARIANCES; GULF OF MEXICO; HYBRID METHOD; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; PILOT STUDIES; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STATIC BACKGROUND; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

FORECASTING; HURRICANES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HURRICANE; KALMAN FILTER; STORM TRACK; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSFORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84863137220     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-10-05058.1     Document Type: Article

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