Direct assimilation of radar reflectivity without tangent linear and adjoint of the nonlinear observation operator in the GSI-based EnVar system: Methodology and experiment with the 8 may 2003 Oklahoma City tornadic supercell

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1447-1471

  Wang, Yongming ^a   Wang, Xuguang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving models; Convective storms; Data assimilation; Radars Radar observations; Tornadoes; Variational analysis

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COST FUNCTIONS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MIXING; RADAR; REFLECTION; STORMS; TORNADOES; VORTICITY;

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CONVECTIVE STORMS; DATA ASSIMILATION; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS; VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA ASSIMILATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; RADAR; SUPERCELL; TORNADO;

OKLAHOMA [OKLAHOMA (STT)]; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85017139319     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-16-0231.1     Document Type: Article

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