Assimilation of Kalpana very high resolution radiometer water vapor channel radiances into a mesoscale model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Singh, Randhir ^a   Pal, P K ^a   Joshi, P C ^a  

^a Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TROPOSPHERE; VALUE ENGINEERING; WATER VAPOR;

ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; MESOSCALE MODEL; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; RADIANCE ASSIMILATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE FORECASTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES; TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURE; UPPER TROPOSPHERIC WATER VAPORS; VARIATIONAL ASSIMILATION; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION; WATER VAPOR CHANNELS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING; WIND FORECASTS; WRF MODEL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING METHOD; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; INFRARED IMAGERY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; NOAA SATELLITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIANCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER; RAINFALL; RESOLUTION; THERMODYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77957562358     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014027     Document Type: Article

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