Decomposition of random errors inherent to HOAPS-3.2 near-surface humidity estimates using multiple triple collocation analysis

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1455-1471

  Kinzel, Julian ^a   Fennig, Karsten ^a   Schröder, Marc ^a   Andersson, Axel ^a   Bumke, Karl ^b   Hollmann, Rainer ^a  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Error analysis; Fluxes; Humidity; Mathematical and statistical techniques; Observational techniques and algorithms; Physical meteorology and climatology; Remote sensing; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUDGET CONTROL; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERRORS; FLUXES; METEOROLOGY; RANDOM ERRORS; REGIONAL PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; COMPREHENSIVE OCEAN ATMOSPHERE DATA SET; GLOBAL ENERGY BUDGET; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; RANDOM UNCERTAINTIES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT;

ARABIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84968661040     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0122.1     Document Type: Article

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