Assimilation of SSM/I radiances in the NCEP global data assimilation system

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2612-2631

  Okamoto, Kozo ^a,b,c   Derber, John C ^c  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^b National Centers for Environmental Prediction ^*  (Japan)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; DATA PROCESSING; HURRICANES; MOISTURE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOSONDES; RAIN; TROPICS;

BIAS CORRECTION ALGORITHM; GLOBAL DATA ASSIMILATION; HADLEY CIRCULATION; MICROWAVE EMISSIVITY JACOBIAN MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER (SSM/I);

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SSM-I;

EID: 33749022782     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3205.1     Document Type: Article

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