From Observations to Forecasts - Part 8: The use of satellite observations in numerical weather prediction

Weather

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 31-36

  Collard, Andrew ^a   Hilton, Fiona ^b   Forsythe, Mary ^b   Candy, Brett ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

EID: 79251643416     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.736     Document Type: Article

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