Assimilation of SEVIRI infrared radiances with HIRLAM 4D-Var

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 645, 2009, Pages 2100-2109

  Stengel, M ^a   Unden P ^a   Lindskog, M ^a   Dahlgren, P ^a   Gustafsson, N ^a   Bennartz, R ^b  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear sky conditions; Ir satellite observations; Limited area nwp model; Low level clouds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ANALYSIS; DIRECT IMPACT; DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; HIGH-RESOLUTION LIMITED AREA MODELS; INFRARED CHANNEL; INFRARED RADIANCES; LIMITED AREA MODELS; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; MODEL STATE; NWP MODEL; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SKY CONDITION; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; TROPOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; WEATHER FORECASTS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; IRIDIUM; MOISTURE; SATELLITES; TROPOSPHERE; VALUE ENGINEERING;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLEAR SKY; DATA ASSIMILATION; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; GEOPOTENTIAL; METEOSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 74849113338     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.501     Document Type: Article

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