Selection of IASI channels for use in numerical weather prediction

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 629 B, 2007, Pages 1977-1991

  Collard, Andrew D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Channel selection; IASI; NWP

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DATA PROCESSING; INTERFEROMETERS; OZONE LAYER;

CHANNEL SELECTION; INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING INTERFEROMETER (IASI); NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA ASSIMILATION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HUMIDITY; INTERFEROMETRY; NUMERICAL METHOD; PREDICTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 38849099015     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.178     Document Type: Article

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