Global assimilation of air temperature, humidity, wind and pressure from surface stations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 687, 2015, Pages 504-517

  Ingleby, Bruce ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Humidity; Pressure; Surface stations; Temperature; Wind

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND; WIND EFFECTS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECAST PERFORMANCE; FORECASTING SYSTEM; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; REGIONAL FORECASTING; SURFACE STATION; SURFACE VARIABLES; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84924538360     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2372     Document Type: Article

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