Estimating the impact of real observations in regional numerical weather prediction using an ensemble Kalman filter

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1975-1987

  Kunii, Masaru ^a   Miyoshi, Takemasa ^a   Kalnay, Eugenia ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ensembles; Mesoscale models; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Sensitivity studies; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLES; MESOSCALE MODEL; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HURRICANES; KALMAN FILTERS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84864853022     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00205.1     Document Type: Article

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