A case study of GOES-15 imager bias characterization with a numerical weather prediction model

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 409-418

  Ren, Lu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

bias; data assimilation; GOES imager; NWP

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; GOES; INFRARED IMAGERY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 84964053966     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-016-0579-y     Document Type: Article

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