Humidity in the ECMWF model: Monitoring of operational analyses and forecasts using SSM/I observations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 548, 1998, Pages 1313-1327

  Vesperini, Michèle ^a,b  

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

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Numerical weather prediction; Satellite observation; Validation; Water vapour

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; HUMIDITY; SSM/I; WATER VAPOUR; WEATHER FORECAST;

EID: 0031665478     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54813     Document Type: Article

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