A fast radiative transfer model for the assimilation of water vapor radiances from the Kalpana very high resolution radiometer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Singh, Randhir ^a   Rayer, Peter ^b   Saunders, Roger ^b   Migliorini, Stefano ^a   Brugge, Roger ^a   O'Neill, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS CORRECTION; CLEAR SKY; INFRARED RADIANCES; INSTRUMENT NOISE; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; RADIANCE CALCULATIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RADIANCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67449131835     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037852     Document Type: Article

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