Assimilation of GNSS ZTD and radar radial velocity for the benefit of very-short-range regional weather forecasts

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 677, 2013, Pages 2097-2107

  De Haan, S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; GNSS humidity; Radar radial wind

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES; NUMERICAL WEATHER FORECASTING; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; RADIAL WINDS; RADIOSONDE OBSERVATIONS;

RADAR; RADIOSONDES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA QUALITY; GNSS; HUMIDITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84890219145     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2087     Document Type: Article

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