Assimilation of GPS radio occultation data at DWD

We describe the status of the assimilation of bending angles from GPS radio occultations in the 3D-Var for DWD's operational global forecast model GME ("Global Model for Europe"). Experiments show that the assimilation of GPSRO data leads to a significant reduction of biases in th...

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Main Authors: H. Anlauf, D. Pingel, A. Rhodin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-06-01
Series:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Online Access:http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/4/1105/2011/amt-4-1105-2011.pdf