Effects of data selection and error specification on the assimilation of AIRS data

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 622, 2007, Pages 181-196

  Joiner, Joanna ^a   Brin, E ^b   Treadon, R ^c   Derber, J ^c   Van Delst, P ^c   Da Silva, A ^a   Le Marshall, J ^c   Poli, P ^d   Atlas, R ^e   Bungato, D ^b   Cruz, C ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Science Applications International Corporations   (United States)

^c Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation   (United States)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^e ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NGITI   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Forecast; Numerical; Radiances; Satellite; Weather

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDER; ERROR SPECIFICATIONS;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; SATELLITE DATA; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33947246684     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.8     Document Type: Article

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