Impact of the assimilation of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder radiance measurements on short-term weather forecasts

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  McCarty, Will ^a,b   Jedlovec, Gary ^c   Miller, Timothy L ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; MEASUREMENTS; NASA; OZONE; SOUNDING APPARATUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER VAPOR;

ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; GLOBAL MODELING; GLOBAL SYSTEMS; GRID POINTS; HEIGHT ANOMALY; HYPERSPECTRAL; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE MODELING; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONS; NORTH AMERICAN; NUMERICAL WEATHER FORECASTS; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RADIANCE MEASUREMENT; SPACE-BORNE INSTRUMENTS; STATISTICAL INTERPOLATION; THERMAL INFRARED; TIME INTEGRATION; WEATHER FORECASTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

INFRARED RADIATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OZONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); THERMAL INFRARED MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 72049117667     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011626     Document Type: Article

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