Three-dimensional variational assimilation of special sensor microwave/imager data into a mesoscale weather-prediction model: A case study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 626 A, 2007, Pages 1295-1307

  Faccani, Claudia ^a   Cimini, D ^a   Marzano, F S ^a,b   Ferretti, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analysis; Precipitation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE SENSORS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; WATER VAPOR; WIND;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; WIND SPEED;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; SSM-I; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34548220548     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.100     Document Type: Article

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