Advances in radiative transfer modeling in support o satellite data assimilation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3799-3807

  Weng, Fuzhong ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; SATELLITE DATA ASSIMILATION;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 37349054337     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2112.1     Document Type: Article

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