Characterizing the FY-3A microwave temperature sounder using the ECMWF model

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1373-1389

  Lu, Qifeng ^a   Bell, William ^b   Bauer, Peter ^b   Bormann, Niels ^b   Peubey, Carole ^b  

^a NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Satellite observations; Variational analysis

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-A; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLIMATE SCIENCE; DATA SOURCE; DESIGN SPECIFICATION; LARGE SHIFTS; MICROWAVE TEMPERATURE; NON-LINEARITY; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; NWP MODEL; ON-ORBIT; PASS BANDS; POLAR-ORBITING; POSITIVE BIAS; QUADRATIC FUNCTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELING; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE SENSORS; STANDARD DEVIATION; VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS;

INSTRUMENT ERRORS; INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE ACOUSTIC DEVICES; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES; SOUNDING APPARATUS;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE SENSOR; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA;

EID: 82955194547     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-10-05008.1     Document Type: Article

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