Evaluation of a numerical weather forecast model using boundary layer cloud-top temperature retrieved from AVHRR

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 915-928

  Mathieu, Anne ^a,b   Lahellec, A ^b   Weill, A ^a  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; STORMS;

CLOUD-TOPPED BOUNDARY LAYERS; SATELLITE-RETRIEVED TEMPERATURE FIELDS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AVHRR; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 16544386249     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<0915:EOANWF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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