A nudging scheme to assimilate satellite brightness temperature in a meteorological model: Impact on representation of african mesoscale convective systems

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 647, 2010, Pages 462-474

  Orlandi, E ^a,b   Fierli, F ^a   Davolio, S ^a   Buzzi, A ^a   Drofa, O ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

African monsoon; AMMA; Meteosat; Precipitation; Sahel

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DYNAMICAL FIELDS; FORCING TERMS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INFRARED BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; ITS EVALUATION; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; METEOSAT; MODEL SENSITIVITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL SCALE; TIME EVOLUTIONS; WEST AFRICA;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STORMS; TEMPERATURE;

RAIN;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA ASSIMILATION; INFRARED IMAGERY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; METEOSAT; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 77949348417     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.549     Document Type: Article

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