A comparison of the performance of Kalpana and HIRS water vapor radiances in the WRF 3D-Var assimilation system for mesoscale weather predictions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Singh, Randhir ^a   Kishtawal, Chandra Mohan ^a   Pal, Pradip Kumar ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DATA PROCESSING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MOISTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TROPOSPHERE; VALUE ENGINEERING; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-B RADIANCES; ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; HIGH-RESOLUTION INFRARED SOUNDERS; IMPACT STUDY; MESOSCALE; MICROWAVE RADIANCES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NOAA SATELLITE; RADIANCE ASSIMILATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; TEMPERATURE FORECASTS; TROPOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURE; TROPOSPHERIC WINDS; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; WEATHER PREDICTION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HIRS; KALPANA; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; NOAA SATELLITE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79955546556     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014969     Document Type: Article

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