A blended satellite total precipitable water product for operational forecasting

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-81

  Kidder, Stanley Q ^a   Jones, Andrew S ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

BLENDED SATELLITE; BLENDING ALGORITHM; TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ALGORITHMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ALGORITHM; NOAA SATELLITE; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SSM-I; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33846818914     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1960.1     Document Type: Article

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