EUMETSAT global AVHRR wind product

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 429-438

  Borde, Régis ^a   Hautecoeur, Olivier ^a,b   Carranza, Manuel ^a,c  

^a EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^b Metis GmbH   (Germany)

^c GMV   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atm ocean structure phenomena; Data assimilation; Data processing; Forecasting; Models and modeling; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Observational techniques and algorithms; Remote sensing; Satellite observations; Wind

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; DATA PROCESSING; FORECASTING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; NUMERICAL MODELS; ORBITS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION VECTORS; DATA ASSIMILATION; EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION/FORECASTING; PHASE DIFFERENCE; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TANDEM CONFIGURATION;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; AVHRR; DATA ASSIMILATION; METOP; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84962910730     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0155.1     Document Type: Article

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