Introduction to Suomi national polar-orbiting partnership advanced technology microwave sounder for numerical weather prediction and tropical cyclone applications

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Weng, F ^a   Zou, X ^b   Wang, X ^c   Yang, S ^c   Goldberg, M D ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; MICROWAVE ACOUSTICS;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-A; ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MICROWAVE SOUNDERS; CLOUDY CONDITIONS; CONSECUTIVE ORBITS; CROSS-TRACK SCANNING; FIELD OF VIEWS; HUMIDITY SOUNDERS; INTEGRATION TIME; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; POLAR-ORBITING; TEMPERATURE SOUNDINGS; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

SOUNDING APPARATUS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; HUMIDITY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MOISTURE CONTENT; NOAA SATELLITE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84867504517     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018144     Document Type: Article

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