Abstract: The variability of surface emissivity over land, and the resultant error in retrieved surface and atmospheric temperatures due to use of an incorrect surface emissivity in inverting infrared radiance observations, are ...

Abstract: NOAA and NASA have conducted a joint simulation study to compare the retrieval accuracy of atmospheric temperature profiles and surface skin temperature retrieved from HIRS2, the current operational infrared temperature ...

Abstract: The first-guess dependence of temperature and humidity fields retrieved from HIRS2/MSU data using the GLA (Goddard laboratory for Atmospheres) physically based retrieval scheme is examined. Retrievals were performed over ...

Abstract: In this study we examine the sensitivity of forecast to individual components of the First GARP (Global Atmospheric Research Programme) Global Experiment database as well as to some modifications in the data analysis ...

Abstract: The TIROS (Television Infrared Observation Satellite) Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) Pathfinder Path A dataset is currently a 9-yr dataset, 1985?93, of global fields of surface and atmospheric parameters derived from ...

Abstract: This study determines the relationship between intraseasonal oscillations observed in two independent measures of global lightning activity: a global mean convective index (a proxy for deep convection) derived from the ...

Abstract: This study compares the atmospheric reanalyses that have been produced independently at the Data Assimilation Office (DAO) of Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres and at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction ...

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