An Observation Operator for Radar Refractivity Change: Comparison of Observations and Convective-Scale Simulations

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 379-397

  Caumont, Olivier ^a   Foray, Anouck ^b   Besson, Lucas ^c   Parent du Châtelet, Jacques ^c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b French National Hydrometeorological and Flood Forecasting Centre (SCHAPI)   (France)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Arome atmospheric system; Observation operator; Refractivity; Weather radar

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEMS; CLOUD-RESOLVING; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; OBSERVATION OPERATOR; POST-PROCESSING PROCEDURE; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RADAR REFRACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY STUDIES;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

REFRACTION;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA QUALITY; METEOROLOGY; RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84880513186     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-013-9820-3     Document Type: Article

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