The successive-order-of-interaction radiative transfer model. Part II: Model performance and applications

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1403-1413

  O'Dell, Christopher W ^a   Heidinger, Andrew K ^b   Greenwald, Thomas ^c   Bauer, Peter ^d   Bennartz, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR STATISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; SCATTERING; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

EDDINGTON MODEL; SCATTERING ATMOSPHERES; SUCCESSIVE-ORDER-OF-INTERACTION; THERMAL INFRARED WAVELENGTHS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

MICROWAVE RADIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33751245085     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2409.1     Document Type: Article

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