Progress towards the assimilation of all-sky infrared radiances: An evaluation of cloud effects

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 682, 2014, Pages 1603-1614

  Okamoto, K ^a,b   McNally, A P ^a   Bell, W ^c  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

All sky; Assimilation; Cloud; IASI; IR radiances

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ALL-SKY; ASSIMILATION; IASI; INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING INTERFEROMETERS; INFRARED RADIANCES; LINEAR ESTIMATION THEORY; MULTI-LAYER CLOUDS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF);

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLOUD; DATA ASSIMILATION; IASI; INFRARED RADIATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84904960869     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2242     Document Type: Article

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