The use of TOVS clear radiances for numerical weather prediction using an updated forward model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 548, 1998, Pages 1293-1312

  Rizzi, Rolando ^a   Matricardi, Marco ^a  

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

Author keywords

NWP assimilation; Radiative transfer; TOVS clear radiances

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; RADIANCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 0031707798     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54812     Document Type: Article

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