Influence of surface temperature and emissivity on AMSU-A assimilation over land

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 545-557

  He, Wenying ^a   Liu, Zhiquan ^b   Chen, Hongbin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

AMSU A; Microwave surface emissivity; Radiance assimilation; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; EMISSIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIANCE; RADIOSONDE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 82755192086     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-011-0501-1     Document Type: Article

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