Assimilation of MODIS cloud optical depths in the ECMWF model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1727-1746

  Benedetti, Angela ^a   Janisková, Marta ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; RAIN;

CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTHS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; LINEARIZED CLOUD SCHEMES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS);

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ASSIMILATION; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WATER CONTENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 44949105409     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2240.1     Document Type: Article

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