Verification of NWP model analyses and radiosonde humidity data with GPS precipitable water vapor estimates during AMMA

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1085-1101

  Bock, O ^a   Nuret, M ^b  

^a INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS CORRECTION; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FORECAST SYSTEMS; GPS PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; GPS RECEIVERS; GROUND BASED; MODEL ANALYSIS; MODEL CHANGE; MOIST PROCESS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; NWP MODEL; OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; REANALYSIS; RMS ERRORS; THREE MODELS; TIME-SCALES; WEST AFRICA;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE; RADIOSONDES; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

WATER ANALYSIS;

DIURNAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; GPS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOSONDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 74549124222     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WAF2222239.1     Document Type: Article

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