Intercomparison of the Performance of Four Data Assimilation Schemes in a Limited‐Area Model on Forecasts of an Extreme Rainfall Event Over the Uttarakhand in Himalayas

Abstract The present study compares the performance of four data assimilation (DA) systems: Ensemble Adjustment Kalman Filter (EAKF), Variational (3DVAR/4DVAR), and Hybrid ensemble‐3DVAR (HYBRID) in the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model. A heavy rainfall event that caused notorious floods in...

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Main Authors: S. Rakesh, Govindan Kutty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2021-07-01
Series:Earth and Space Science
Subjects:
WRF
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001461