Variational assimilation of SSM/I total precipitable water retrievals in the CMC analysis system

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1458-1476

  Deblonde, Godelieve ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMIDITY; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0032759686     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<1458:VAOSIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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