A regional GSI-based ensemble kalman filter data assimilation system for the rapid refresh configuration: Testing at reduced Resolution

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4118-4139

  Zhu, Kefeng ^a   Pan, Yujie ^a,b   Xue, Ming ^a   Wang, Xuguang ^a   Whitaker, Jeffrey S ^c   Benjamin, Stanley G ^c   Weygandt, Stephen S ^c   Hu, Ming ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES; SQUARE ROOT KALMAN FILTER; STATISTICAL INTERPOLATION;

DATA PROCESSING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

KALMAN FILTERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; INTERPOLATION; KALMAN FILTER; PARAMETERIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EID: 84888409714     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00039.1     Document Type: Article

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