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Development and technical paper
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19 Sep 2023
Development and technical paper |
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Assimilation of the AMSU-A radiances using the CESM (v2.1.0) and the DART (v9.11.13)–RTTOV (v12.3)
Young-Chan Noh
Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, 21990, South Korea
Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, 21990, South Korea
Hyo-Jong Song
Department of Environmental Engineering and Energy, Myongji
University, Seoul, 17058, South Korea
Kevin Raeder
National Center for Atmospheric Research, CISL/DAReS, Boulder, CO
80305, USA
Joo-Hong Kim
Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, 21990, South Korea
Youngchae Kwon
Department of Environmental Engineering and Energy, Myongji
University, Seoul, 17058, South Korea
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Short summary
This is the first attempt to assimilate the observations of microwave temperature sounders into the global climate forecast model in which the satellite observations have not been assimilated in the past. To do this, preprocessing schemes are developed to make the satellite observations suitable to be assimilated. In the assimilation experiments, the model analysis is significantly improved by assimilating the observations of microwave temperature sounders.
This is the first attempt to assimilate the observations of microwave temperature sounders into...
