The use of TOVS level-1b radiances in the NCEP SSI analysis system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 563, 2000, Pages 689-724

  McNally, A P ^a   Derber, J C ^b   Wu, W ^c   Katz, B B ^c  

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

^b National Centers for Environmental Prediction   (United States)

^c GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Numerical weather prediction; Satellite data; Variational analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; RADIANCE; SATELLITE DATA; TOVS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0034011653     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712656315     Document Type: Article

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