The impact of cloud-affected IR radiances on forecast accuracy of a limited-area NWP model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 677, 2013, Pages 2081-2096

  Stengel, M ^a   Lindskog, M ^b   Unden P ^b   Gustafsson, N ^b  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Cloudy radiances; Limited area NWP model; Numerical weather prediction

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION; CLOUDY RADIANCES; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; HIGH-RESOLUTION LIMITED AREA MODELS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; NWP MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEVIRI; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84890193209     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2102     Document Type: Article

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