On the inclusion of Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere version 6 ozone in a data assimilation system

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7982-8000

  Remsberg, E ^a   Natarajan, M ^a   Fairlie, T D ^a   Wargan, K ^b,c   Pawson, S ^b   Coy, L ^b,c   Lingenfelser, G ^c   Kim, G ^d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

data assimilation; ozone; stratosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BACKSCATTERING; DATA PROCESSING; EXPERIMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NASA; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; OZONE DISTRIBUTION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TOTAL COLUMN OZONE; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BACKSCATTER; DATA ASSIMILATION; EOS; INFRARED RADIATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 84882804917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50566     Document Type: Article

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