An operational cloud verification system and its application to validate cloud simulations in operational models

Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 783-785

  Li, Xiaofan ^a   Weng, Fuzhong ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM (GFS); ICE WATER PATH (IWP); TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER (TPW);

CLOUDS; CORRELATION METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 24044524610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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