Analysis of information content of infrared sounding radiances in cloudy conditions

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3657-3667

  Koyama, Tomoko ^a   Vukicevic, T ^a   Sengupta, M ^a   Vonder Haar, T ^a   Jones, A S ^a  

^a National Center for Atmospheric Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INFRARED RADIATION; SOUNDING APPARATUS;

CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE (GOES); OBSERVATIONAL OPERATOR; SATELLITE DATA ASSIMILATION; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

CLOUDS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD; DATA ASSIMILATION; GOES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 33846245523     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3254.1     Document Type: Article

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