Four-dimensional variational data assimilation for the Canadian regional deterministic prediction system

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1517-1538

  Tanguay, Monique ^a   Fillion, Luc ^a   Lapalme, Ervig ^a   Lajoie, Manon ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data assimilation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER UPGRADE; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; FORECAST VERIFICATIONS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL GRID; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NORTH AMERICAN; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; RADIOSONDE DATAS; VAR ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION;

FORECASTING; RADIOSONDES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VALUE ENGINEERING;

DATA PROCESSING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RADIOSONDE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CANADA;

EID: 84864946932     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00160.1     Document Type: Article

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