The contribution of GOES-9 to operational NWP forecast skill in the Australian region

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 279-283

  Le Marshall, John ^a,b   Seecamp, R ^a   Daniels, J ^c   Velden, C ^d   Puri, K ^a   Bowen, R ^a   Rea, A ^a   Dunn, M ^e  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 15244355623     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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