Assimilation of satellite imager data and surface observations to improve analysis of circulations forced by cloud shading contrasts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 434-448

  Ruggiero, Frank H ^a   Modica, George D ^b   Lipton, Alan E ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DATA ASSIMILATION; PREDICTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 0034126873     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0434:AOSIDA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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