Assimilation of overcast cloudy infrared radiances of the geostationary MTSAT-1R imager

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 672, 2013, Pages 715-730

  Okamoto, Kozo ^a  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cloudy radiance; Data assimilation; MTSAT; Satellite observation

Indexed keywords

RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TROPOSPHERE;

CLOUDY RADIANCE; CONTROL PROCEDURES; DATA ASSIMILATION; EFFECTIVE CLOUD FRACTION; MTSAT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TEMPERATURE INFORMATION;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; DATA ASSIMILATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; INFRARED IMAGERY; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84897958102     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1994     Document Type: Article

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