Fast computation of microwave radiances for data assimilation using the "successive order of scattering" method

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 960-966

  Greenwald, Thomas ^a   Bennartz, Ralf ^b   O'Dell, Christopher ^b   Heidinger, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER SATELLITES;

PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

MICROWAVE RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 24044472693     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2239.1     Document Type: Article

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