Short-term performance of MM5 with cloud-cover assimilation from satellite observations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 8 PART 2, 2003, Pages 1797-1810

  Yucel, Ismail ^a   Shuttleworth, W James ^a   Gao, X ^a   Sorooshian, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

SURFACE RADIATIONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD COVER; CONVECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0141460484     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175//2565.1     Document Type: Article

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