Forecast sensitivity to observations in the Met Office Global numerical weather prediction system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 678, 2014, Pages 209-224

  Lorenc, Andrew C ^a   Marriott, Richard T ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forecast sensitivity to observations (FSO); Observation impact; Observation sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ERROR STATISTICS; ERRORS; HURRICANES; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADJOINT BASED METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION VECTORS; FORECAST SENSITIVITY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; OBSERVATION IMPACTS; OBSERVATION SENSITIVITY;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84922895111     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2122     Document Type: Article

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