Variational inversion of the SSM/I observations during the ASTEX campaign

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 493-508

  Prigent, C ^a,d,e   Phalippou, L ^b   English, S ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

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

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEX; CLOUD COVER; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SSM/I;

EID: 0031460090     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0493:VIOTSI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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