Mesoscale data assimilation for a local severe rainfall event with the NHM-LETKF system

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1093-1105

  Kunii, Masaru ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; RAIN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCIES; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS; TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RAINFALL; SEVERE WEATHER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

JAPAN;

EID: 84910599486     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-13-00032.1     Document Type: Article

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