The vertical error characteristics of GOES-derived winds: Description and experiments with numerical weather prediction

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 253-271

  Rao, P Anil ^a   Velden, Christopher S ^a   Braun, Scott A ^a  

^a USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MOISTURE; RADIOSONDES; SATELLITES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

VERTICAL ERRORS;

METEOROLOGY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GOES; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND FIELD;

EID: 0036326285     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2002)041<0253:TVECOG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. A satellite infrared technique for diurnal rainfall variability studies
2. Numerical study of convection observed during the winter monsoon experiments using a mesoscale two-dimensional model
3. A nonhydrostatic version of the Penn State-NCAR mesoscale model: Validation tests and simulation of an Atlantic cyclone and cold front
4. Orographic influence on the synoptic-scale circulations associated with the genesis of Hurricane Guillermo (1991)
5. The impact of multispectral GOES-8 wind information on Atlantic tropical cyclone forecasts in 1995: Part II: NOGAPS forecasts
6. A description of the fifth-generation Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5)
7. An update on cloud and water vapor tracers for providing wind estimates
8. Nonlocal boundary layer vertical diffusion in a medium-range forecasts model
9. Convective parameterization for mesoscale models: The Kain-Fritsch scheme
10. The North Pacific experiment (NORPEX-98): Targeted observations for improved North American weather forecasts
11. Comparing different cloud schemes of a single column model by using mesoscale forcing and nudging technique
12. A nonlinear physical retrieval algorithm - Its application to the GOES-8/9 sounder
13. Gulf stream assimilation experiments: A sensitivity study
14. Introducing GOES-1: The first of a new generation of geostationary operational environmental satellites
15. A comparison of several techniques to assign heights to cloud tracers
16. Fully automated cloud-drift winds in NESDIS operations
17. Diagnosing convective instability from GOES-8 radiances
18. Operational cloudmotion winds from Meteosat infrared images
19. Evaluation of numerical predictions of boundary layer structure during the Lake Michigan ozone study
20. The impact of satellite winds on experimental GFDL hurricane model forecasts
21. Use of four-dimensional data assimilation in a limited-area mesoscale model. Part I: Experiments with synoptic-scale data
22. Multiscale four-dimensional data assimilation
23. Model climatology of the Mexican monsoon
24. Nonhydrostatic, mesobetascale model simulations of cloud ceiling and visibility for an East Coast winter precipitation event
25. Use and impact of satellite atmospheric motion winds on ECMWF analyses and forecasts
26. A simple model of the atmospheric boundary layer: Sensitivity to surface evaporation
27. Derivation and applications of near-infrared cloud reflectances from GOES-8 and GOES-9
28. Winds derived from geostationary satellite moisture channel observations: Applications and impact on numerical weather prediction
29. Upper tropospheric winds derived from geostationary satellite water vapor observations
30. The impact of multispectral GOES-8 wind information on Atlantic tropical cyclone track forecasts in 1995: Part I: Dataset methodology, description and case analysis
31. Development of an objective scheme to estimate tropical cyclone intensity from digital geostationary satellite infrared imagery
32. Water vapor imagery: Interpretation and applications to weather analysis and forecasting
33. Numerical simulations of airflows and tracer transport in the southwestern United States