Applications of full spatial resolution space-based advanced infrared soundings in the preconvection environment

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 515-524

  Li, Jun ^a   Liu, Chian Yi ^a,b   Zhang, Peng ^c   Schmit, Timothy J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^d OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Cloud retrieval; Nowcasting; Satellite observations; Soundings

Indexed keywords

AIRS RETRIEVAL; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; CLOUD RETRIEVAL; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE INITIATION; CONVECTIVE STORMS; CRITICAL INFORMATION; DERIVED PRODUCTS; FRONTAL SYSTEM; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE SOUNDERS; GOES SOUNDERS; HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTION; INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING INTERFEROMETERS; INFRARED SOUNDING; LEADING EDGE; LOCAL DEVELOPMENT; MOISTURE PROFILES; NOWCASTING; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEVERE STORMS; SOUNDINGS; SPACE-BASED; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WARNING INFORMATIONS;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ALGORITHMS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INFRARED DEVICES; THUNDERSTORMS;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRS; ALGORITHM; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CYCLOGENESIS; GOES; MOISTURE TRANSFER; NOWCASTING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STORM; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 84862978341     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-10-05057.1     Document Type: Article

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