Operational implementation of a hybrid ensemble/4D-Var global data assimilation system at the Met Office

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 675, 2013, Pages 1445-1461

  Clayton, A M ^a   Lorenc, A C ^a   Barker, D M ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Background error covariance; Covariance localization; MOGREPS

Indexed keywords

ANTIALIASING FILTERS; BACKGROUND-ERROR COVARIANCES; CONTROL VARIABLE; COVARIANCE LOCALIZATION; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; GLOBAL DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; MOGREPS; VERTICAL LOCALIZATION;

ERRORS;

VALUE ENGINEERING;

CLIMATOLOGY; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 84884211015     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2054     Document Type: Article

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