Variational retrieval of Eastern Pacific atmospheric boundary layer parameters using ATOVS with the COAMPSi mesoscale forecast system

Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited === A one-dimensional variational (1DVAR) retrieval scheme is used to investigate the ability of the Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (ATOVS) to contribute information to a mesoscale NWP system within the summertime Eastern Pacific (E...

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Main Author: Cooper, Grant A., IV
Other Authors: Durkee, Philip A.
Published: Monterey, California.: Naval Postgraduate School, 2002. 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/9809