Assimilation of visible-band satellite data for mesoscale forecasting in cloudy conditions

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 265-278

  Lipton, Alan E ^a,b   Modica, George D ^a,b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ASSIMILATION; MESOSCALE FORECASTING; SURFACE HEATING;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD COVER; DATA ASSIMILATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0033101481     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<0265:aovbsd>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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