Ensemble Kalman filter assimilation of near-surface observations over complex terrain: Comparison with 3DVAR for short-range forecasts

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Pu, Zhaoxia ^a   Zhang, Hailing ^a   Anderson, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

3DVAR; Complex terrain; Data assimilation; Ensemble kalman filter; Short range weather forecasting; Surface observatios

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TERRAIN; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882701099     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.19620     Document Type: Article

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