AIRS impact on precipitation analysis and forecast of tropical cyclones in a global data assimilation and forecast system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Zhou, Y P ^a,b   Lau, K M ^a   Reale, O ^a,b   Rosenberg, R ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRS DATA; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECAST SYSTEMS; FORECASTING SYSTEM; GLOBAL DATA; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; INDIAN OCEAN; MEAN VALUES; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RAIN RATES; STORM TRACK; TEMPERATURE RETRIEVAL; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

DATA PROCESSING; HURRICANES; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AIRS; CLEAR SKY; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; EOS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77955585104     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041494     Document Type: Article

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