A hybrid variational ensemble data assimilation for the HIgh Resolution Limited Area Model (HIRLAM)

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 303-323

  Gustafsson, N ^a   Bojarova, J ^b   Vignes, O ^b  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84896828606     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-21-303-2014     Document Type: Article

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