Assimilation of satellite infrared sounding measurements in the presence of heterogeneous cloud fields

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 683, 2014, Pages 2062-2077

  Prates, Cristina ^a   Migliorini, Stefano ^a,b   English, Stephen ^b   Pavelin, Ed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1D Var; Cloudy radiances; Hyperspectral sounders; IASI

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HUMIDITY CONTROL; VALUE ENGINEERING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

1D-VAR; CLOUDY RADIANCES; GLOBAL DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; HYPERSPECTRAL; IASI; INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING INTERFEROMETERS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 84908892243     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2279     Document Type: Article

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