Assimilation of MIPAS limb radiances in the ECMWF system. I: Experiments with a 1-dimensional observation operator

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 623, 2007, Pages 309-327

  Bormann, N ^a   Thepaut J N ^a  

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

Author keywords

Envisat; Limb sounding; Stratosphere; Variational analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOUNDING ROCKETS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

LIMB SOUNDING; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER FOR PASSIVE ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING (MIPAS); VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENVISAT-1; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STRATOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34247247681     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.46     Document Type: Article

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