Forecast impact experiment with a constellation of GPS radio occultation receivers

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 111-118

  Healy, S B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Numerical weather prediction; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 60149104998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.169     Document Type: Article

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