Impact of new aircraft observations Mode-S MRAR in amesoscale NWP model

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3920-3938

  Strajnar, B ^a   Zagar N ^b   Berre, L ^c  

^a Slovenian Environment Agency   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LJUBLJANA; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84930378470     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022654     Document Type: Article

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