Enhanced radiance bias correction in the National Centers for Environmental Prediction's Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation data assimilation system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 682, 2014, Pages 1479-1492

  Zhu, Yanqiu ^a   Derber, John ^b   Collard, Andrew ^a   Dee, Dick ^c   Treadon, Russ ^b   Gayno, George ^a   Jung, James A ^d  

^a IM Systems Group   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; GSI; Radiance bias correction

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION;

BIAS CORRECTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; GSI; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STATISTICAL INTERPOLATION;

DATA ACQUISITION;

AIR MASS; CORRECTION; CORRELATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RADIANCE; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 84904993085     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2233     Document Type: Article

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