Improvement in the use of an operational constellation of GPS radio occultation receivers in weather forecasting

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 749-767

  Cucurull, L ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Forecasting; Global positioning systems (GPS)

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTIVE INDEX; CONSTELLATION OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR METEOROLOGY; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA USAGE; EXTRATROPICS; FORWARD MODELING; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; GLOBAL DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE AND CLIMATES; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODEL SKILL; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; OBSERVATION ERRORS; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; THERMODYNAMIC STATE; TROPICAL WINDS;

COSMOLOGY; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATA PROCESSING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRACKING (POSITION);

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; DATA ASSIMILATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; GPS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; THERMODYNAMICS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

EID: 77955526650     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WAF2222302.1     Document Type: Article

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