Multiscale EnKF assimilation of radar and conventional observations and ensemble forecasting for a tornadic mesoscale convective system

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1035-1057

  Snook, Nathan ^a   Xue, Ming ^a   Jung, Youngsun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ensembles; Forecast verification skill; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Probability forecasts models distribution; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; RADAR; STORMS; THUNDERSTORMS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLES; FORECAST VERIFICATION/SKILL; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION/FORECASTING; PROBABILITY FORECASTS/MODELS/DISTRIBUTION;

FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; RADAR; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO;

EID: 84947714960     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00262.1     Document Type: Article

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