Satellite data assimilation of upper-level sounding channels in HWRF with two different model tops

Journal of Meteorological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-27

  Zou, Xiaolei ^a   Weng, Fuzhong ^b   Tallapragada, Vijay ^b   Lin, Lin ^c   Zhang, Banglin ^b   Wu, Chenfeng ^d   Qin, Zhengkun ^e  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IM Systems Group Inc   (United States)

^d Xiamen Meteorological Bureau   (China)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Hurricane; Model top; Satellite

Indexed keywords

AIRS; AMSU; DATA ASSIMILATION; HURRICANE; METOP; NOAA SATELLITE; RESEARCH WORK; SATELLITE DATA; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 85007207573     PISSN: 20956037     EISSN: 21980934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-015-4108-9     Document Type: Article

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