On the use of advanced microwave sounding unit-A and -B measurements for studying the monsoon variability over West Africa

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Eymard, Laurence ^a   Karbou, F ^b,c   Janicot, S ^a   Chouaib, N ^a   Pinsard, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DATA PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE ACOUSTIC DEVICES; MICROWAVE SENSORS; SOUNDING APPARATUS;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-A; ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNITS; ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS; CLIMATE STUDIES; DATA ASSIMILATION; DIRECT LINKS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; HEAT LOW; INTERANNUAL; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; WEST AFRICA; ZENITH ANGLE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BIOMONITORING; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; NUMERICAL METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZENITH ANGLE;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 78049357027     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012935     Document Type: Article

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