Sensitivity of NWP model skill to the obliquity of the GPS radio occultation soundings

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-60

  Cucurull, Lidia ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation, numerical weather prediction; Forecast skill; GPS Radio Occultation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84855997857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.363     Document Type: Article

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