Use of the ocean surface wind direction signal in microwave radiance assimilation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 689, 2015, Pages 1354-1375

  Kazumori, Masahiro ^a   English, Stephen J ^b  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

AMSR; Azimuth angle; Emissivity; Microwave imager; Numerical weather prediction; Ocean surface; Radiance assimilation; Wind direction

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; MICROWAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

AMSR; AZIMUTH ANGLES; EMISSIVITY; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; OCEAN SURFACES; RADIANCE ASSIMILATION; WIND DIRECTIONS;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

ADEOS; AMSR-E; AZIMUTH; DATA ASSIMILATION; EMISSIVITY; FORECASTING METHOD; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SEA SURFACE; SEAWINDS; SSM-I; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION;

ARABIAN SEA; ETHIOPIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOMALI;

EID: 84932095500     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2445     Document Type: Article

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