Assimilation of water-vapour airborne lidar observations: Impact study on the COPS precipitation forecasts

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 667, 2012, Pages 1652-1667

  Bielli, S ^a   Grzeschik, M ^a   Richard, E ^a   Flamant, C ^b   Champollion, C ^c   Kiemle, C ^d   Dorninger, M ^e   Brousseau, P ^f  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Arome; Leandre 2; Vera; Wales

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND LEVEL; AIRBORNE LIDAR; AROME; ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; DIFFERENTIAL-ABSORPTION LIDAR SYSTEMS; GERMANY; IMPACT STUDY; LEANDRE 2; LIDAR OBSERVATION; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE MODEL; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS; RESOLUTION ANALYSIS; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; VERA; WALES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; OPTICAL RADAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VAPORS; WATER ABSORPTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIDAR; MESOSCALE EDDY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FRANCE; GERMANY;

EID: 84866146144     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1864     Document Type: Article

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