Assimilation of SSM/I-derived surface rainfall and total precipitable water for improving the GEOS analysis for climate studies

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 509-537

  Hou, Arthur Y ^a   Ledvina, David V ^a,b   Da Silva, Arlindo M ^a   Zhang, Sara Q ^a,c   Joiner, Joanna ^a   Atlas, Robert M ^a   Huffman, George J ^a,d   Kummerow, Christian D ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOS; PRECIPITABLE WATER; RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0034014765     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0509:AOSIDS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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