Download or read book Advanced Retrieval and Analysis of Satellite Data for Numerical Weather Prediction written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reports documents the development and testing of an advanced geophysical parameter retrieval, analysis and prediction system for global numerical weather prediction. The additions and improvements to the existing data assimilation system at the Phillips Laboratory are the following: a new surface pressure analysis, modifications for high resolution analysis, an optimal retrieval of SSM/T data based on Bayesian estimation, use of precipitation data to improve the moisture and divergence analysis and as input to a diabatic nonlinear normal mode initialization. The system uses a version of the advanced physics global spectral model of PL. The results of simulation tests show a significant improvement of the moisture analyses, especially in the tropics and Southern Hemisphere, and a smaller, but detectable improvement of the other variables, except in the stratosphere.
Download or read book From Research to Operations in Weather Satellites and Numerical Weather Prediction written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-09-07 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This workshop report examines the capability of the forecast system to efficiently transfer weather and climate research findings into improved operational forecast capabilities. It looks in particular at the Environmental Modeling Center of the National Weather Service and environmental observational satellite programs. Using these examples, the report identifies several shortcomings in the capability to transition from research to operations. Successful transitions from R&D to operational implementation requires (1) understanding of the importance (and risks) of the transition, (2) development and maintenance of appropriate transition plans, (3) adequate resource provision, and (4) continuous feedback (in both directions) between the R&D and operational activities.
Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.
Download or read book Data Assimilation for the Earth System written by Richard Swinbank and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-10-31 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Acquafredda, Maratea, Italy from 19 May to 1 June 2002
Download or read book Utilization of Operational Environmental Satellite Data written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-01-21 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The system of satellites in place to provide environmental data-data to monitor events such as forest fires and floods; to make weather predictions; and to assess crops, transportation impacts, fisheries, land-use patterns, sea temperature, and soil moisture, among other things- serves a wide and growing array of users. In the coming years as the next generation of operational environmental satellites in put in orbit, the will be a large expansion in data availability. To ensure that these data serve effectively this broad user community, a new vision for the future of operational environmental satellite data utilization is needed. To help develop approaches for handling this potential data overload, NASA, with technical support from NOAA, asked the NRC to conduct an end-to-end review of issues about the utilization of operational environmental satellite data for 2010 and beyond. This report presents the result of that review. It focuses on ensuring the value of environmental satellite data for addressing specific user needs, distribution of such data, and data access and utilization.
Download or read book Weather Analysis and Forecasting written by Patrick Santurette and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2005-06-02 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical training manual and guide to analyzing circulation patterns and satellite imagery to improve operational forecasting.
Download or read book Microwave Remote Sensing for Oceanographic and Marine Weather Forecast Models written by Robin A. Vaughan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power of microwave remote sensing for studying the oceans of the world was demonstrated conclusively by the SEASAT mission in 1978. Since then, no further satellite-flown instruments have been available to provide further data of this type. However, the proposed launch of ESA's ERS-1 satellite will lead to a new set of active microwave instruments being flown in space in 1990. Even though similar data has been obtained from aircraft-flown instruments SAR, scatterometers, altimeters etc. - a great deal of activity has been taking place to develop the necessary expertise in handling and analysing such data when it comes on-stream from ERS-1 and from subsequent satellites. It was against this background that the scientific Affairs Division of NATO again agreed to sponsor an ASI in Dundee in 1988. Its purpose was to review existing knowledge of the extraction of marine and atmospheric geophysical parameters from satellite-gathered microwave data and to enable scientists to prepare themselves and their computing systems to utilise the new data when it becomes available. The importance of the data is largely as input parameters to assist in the fitting of boundary conditions in large computer models. The course was concerned more with the non-imaging instruments, that is with passive radiometers, altimeters and scatterometers, than with the (imaging) synthetic aperture radar.
Download or read book Geostationary Satellite Soundings written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mesoscale Meteorology and Forecasting written by Peter Ray and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 803 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of selected lectures presented at the ‘Intensive Course on Mesoscale Meteorology and Forecasting’ in Boulder, USA, in 1984. It includes mesoscale classifications, observing techniques and systems, internally generated circulations, mesoscale convective systems, externally forced circulations, modeling and short-range forecasting techniques. This is a highly illustrated book and comprehensive work, including extensive bibliographic references. It is aimed at graduates in meteorology and for professionals working in the field.
Download or read book Monthly Weather Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Satellite Observations of the Earth s Environment written by Committee on NASA-NOAA Transition from Research to Operations and published by . This book was released on 2003-06-06 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report addresses the transition of research satellites, instruments, and calculations into operational service for accurately observing and predicting the Earth’s environment. These transitions, which take place in large part between NASA and NOAA, are important for maintaining the health, safety, and prosperity of the nation, and for achieving the vision of an Earth Information System in which quantitative information about the complete Earth system is readily available to myriad users. Many transitions have been ad hoc, sometimes taking several years or even decades to occur, and others have encountered roadblocks—lack of long-range planning, resources, institutional or cultural differences, for instance—and never reached fruition. Satellite Observations of Earth’s Environment recommends new structures and methods that will allow seamless transitions from research to practice.
Download or read book Application of Meteorological Satellite Data in Analysis and Forecasting written by Ralph K. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Technical report an attempt to use satellite photography in numerical weather prediction written by James S. Bradley and published by . This book was released on with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Impact of a Unified DMSP Meteorological Sensor Retrieval Methodology on Global Numerical Weather Prediction written by R. G. Isaacs and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An observing system simulation experiment (OSSE) is conducted using simulated DMSP microwave sensor data, surrogate data for cloud imagery (all based on a natural run), and the application of the unified retrieval (UR) method for DMSP to obtain meteorological variables as proposed by Isaacs (23). Both the DMSP SSM/T-1 temperature sounder and SSM/T-2 moisture sounder data are simulated. The unified retrieval uses physical considerations based on a forecast or other first guess by comparing the sensor data with those simulated using the first guess profiles. Although the preliminary UR did not perform better than the statistical retrieval, enhanced UR are found to be more accurate in terms of integrated water vapor amounts. The retrieved variables, primarily temperature and moisture, are used to construct initial conditions for input to the AFGL global spectral numerical weather prediction model. The resulting analyses and forecasts based on the present statistical retrieval scheme. The impact of the preliminary UR used in this experiment was small. However the enhanced UR should provide improved humidity analyses. Keywords: Satellite meteorology; Water vapor; Clouds; Unified retrieval; Numerical weather prediction. (JHD).
Download or read book Application of Meteorological Satellite Data in Analysis and Forecasting written by Ralph K. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NASA Technical Memorandum written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of the Earth written by Fuzhong Weng and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the fundamentals of satellite microwave instrument calibration, remote sensing sciences and algorithms, as well as the applications of the satellite microwave observations in weather and climate research.
