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Satellite observed thermodynamics during FGGEDuring the First Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) Global Experiment (FGGE), determinations of temperature and moisture were made from TIROS-N and NOAA-6 satellite infrared and microwave sounding radiance measurements. The data were processed by two methods differing principally in their horizontal resolution. At the National Earth Satellite Service (NESS) in Washington, D.C., the data were produced operationally with a horizontal resolution of 250 km for inclusion in the FGGE Level IIb data sets for application to large-scale numerical analysis and prediction models. High horizontal resolution (75 km) sounding data sets were produced using man-machine interactive methods for the special observing periods of FGGE at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and archived as supplementary Level IIb. The procedures used for sounding retrieval and the characteristics and quality of these thermodynamic observations are given.
Document ID
19860014651
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Smith, W. L.
(Wisconsin Univ. Madison, WI, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: NAS-NRC Proceedings of the First National Workshop on the Global Weather Experiment, Vol. 2, Pt. 1
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
86N24122
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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