Assimilation of low-level wind in a high-resolution mesoscale model using the back and forth nudging algorithm

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Boilley, Alexandre ^a,b   Mahfouf, Jean François ^a  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b Degreane Horizon   (France)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Low level wind; Nudging

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA ASSIMILATION; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MESOSCALE MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WIND FIELD; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 84865150079     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.18697     Document Type: Article

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