Assessing a new coupled data assimilation system based on the met office coupled atmosphere-land-ocean-sea ice model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4678-4694

  Lea, D J ^a   Mirouze, I ^a   Martin, M J ^a   King, R R ^a   Hines, A ^a   Walters, D ^a   Thurlow, M ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coupled models; Data assimilation; Model evaluation performance; Models and modeling; Ocean models

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; SEA ICE; SEPARATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; BACKGROUND INFORMATION; COUPLED MODELS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE; OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATION; OCEAN MODEL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 84949895159     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-15-0174.1     Document Type: Article

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