Multiple-scattering microwave radiative transfer for data assimilation applications

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 617, 2006, Pages 1259-1281

  Bauer, Peter ^a   Moreau, Emmanuel ^b   Chevallier, Frédéric ^c   O'Keeffe, Una ^d  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVIMET ^*  (France)

^c Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement   (France)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clouds and precipitation; Microwave radiance transfer; Numerical weather prediction

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DATA ASSIMILATION; MICROWAVE RADIANCE TRANSFER; MULTIPLE-SCATTERING; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD; DATA ASSIMILATION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33746267289     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.153     Document Type: Article

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