The information content of clear sky IASI radiances and their potential for numerical weather prediction

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 545, 1998, Pages 211-241

  Prunet, Pascal ^a   Thépaut, Jean Noël ^a   Cassé, Vincent ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Analysis error; Humidity profiles; Remote sensing; Satellite data retrieval; Temperature profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038021099     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54509     Document Type: Article

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