Four-dimensional ensemble variational (4D-En-Var) data assimilation for the HIgh Resolution Limited Area Model (HIRLAM)

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 745-762

  Gustafsson, N ^a   Bojarova, J ^b  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84904364447     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-21-745-2014     Document Type: Article

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