Radar data assimilation with WRF 4D-var. Part II: Comparison with 3D-var for a squall line over the U.S. great plains

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2245-2264

  Sun, Juanzhen ^a   Wang, Hongli ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; MERIDIONAL WINDS; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RADAR DATA ASSIMILATION; RADIAL-VELOCITY OBSERVATIONS; TEMPERATURE PERTURBATIONS; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

DATA PROCESSING; DOPPLER RADAR; LAKES; REFLECTION; STORMS; VALUE ENGINEERING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DOPPLER RADAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SQUALL LINE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880717046     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00169.1     Document Type: Article

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