Impact study with observations assimilated over North America and the North Pacific ocean on the MSC global forecast system. Part I: Contribution of radiosonde, aircraft and satellite data

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-25

  Laroche, Stéphane ^a   Sarrazin, Réal ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SURVEY; DATA ASSIMILATION; RADIOSONDE; SATELLITE DATA; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CANADA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77950170280     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/AO1006.2010     Document Type: Article

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