Ensemble Kalman filter analyses of the 29-30 May 2004 Oklahoma tornadic thunderstorm using one- and two-moment bulk microphysics schemes, with verification against polarimetric radar data

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1457-1475

  Jung, Youngsun ^a   Xue, Ming ^a   Tong, Mingjing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Model initialization; Numerical analysis modeling

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED REGIONAL PREDICTION SYSTEM MODELS; BULK MICROPHYSICS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; HYDROMETEOR SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MICROPHYSICS; MODEL INITIALIZATION; OKLAHOMA; POLARIMETRIC DATA; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RADIAL VELOCITY; STORM ANALYSIS; SUPER CELL; SUPERCELL STORMS; TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER;

DATA PROCESSING; KALMAN FILTERS; PHYSICS; POLARIMETERS; THUNDERSTORMS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DOPPLER RADAR; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUPERCELL; THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORMAN; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864949972     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00032.1     Document Type: Article

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