Effective assimilation of global precipitation: Simulation experiments

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lien, Guo Yuan ^a   Kalnay, Eugenia ^a   Miyoshi, Takemasa ^a,b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anamorphosis; Data assimilation; Ensemble Kalman filter; Non Gaussianity; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84882943713     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.19915     Document Type: Article

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