Validation of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder temperature and moisture profiles over tropical oceans and their impact on numerical simulations of tropical cyclones

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Pu, Zhaoxia ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; DATA PROCESSING; HURRICANES; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; NASA; SOUNDING APPARATUS; STORMS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADVANCED RESEARCHES; AQUA SPACECRAFTS; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; BIAS CORRECTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; MOISTURE PROFILES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL OCEAN; TROPICAL STORMS; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; INFRARED RADIATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MOISTURE; SPACECRAFT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TYPHOON; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 78650940703     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014258     Document Type: Article

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