Coupled assimilation of geostationary satellite sounder data into a mesoscale model using the bratseth analysis approach

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 802-821

  Ruggiero, Frank H ^a   Sashegyi, Keith D ^b   Lipton, Alan E ^a,d   Madala, Rangarao V ^b   Raman, Sethu ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0032695282     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<0802:CAOGSS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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