ECMWF's global snow analysis: Assessment and revision based on satellite observations

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1282-1294

  Drusch, Matthias ^a   Vasiljevic, Drasko ^a   Viterbo, Pedro ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES; WEATHER SATELLITES;

BUDGET; EUROPEAN CENTER FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS (ECMWF); MODERATE-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETERS (MODIS); SNOW WATER;

SNOW;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MODIS; NOAA SATELLITE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW COVER;

EID: 5044234461     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<1282:EGSAAA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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