Variational analysis of humidity information from TOVS radiances

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 535, 1996, Pages 1521-1544

  McNally, A P ^a   Vesperini, M ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b ECMWF ^*

Author keywords

Medium range prediction; Satellite data; Tropical humidity; Variational data assimilation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ECMWF; HUMIDITY; RADIATION; TOVS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECAST;

EID: 0030404333     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53503     Document Type: Article

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