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Analysis and use of VAS satellite data
- Author
- Moore, Steven R.
- Published
- Aug 1, 1988.
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators
- Muller, Bradley M., Andrews, Mark J., Fuelberg, Henry E., and Beven, John L., II
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- A series of interrelated investigations has examined the analysis and use of VAS (VISSR Atmospheric Sounder) satellite data. A case study of VAS-derived mesoscale stability parameters suggested that they would have been a useful supplement to conventional data in the forecasting of thunderstorms on the day of interest. However, the meteorological significance of small or short lived stability features was uncertain. A second investigation examined the roles of first guess and VAS radiometric data in producing sounding retrievals. The radiance data often did not have a decisive influence on the final satellite soundings. Broad-scale patterns of the first guess, radiances, and retrievals frequently were similar, whereas small scale retrieval features, especially in the dew points, were often of uncertain origin.
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- Collection
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note
- Document ID: 19890001055.
Accession ID: 89N10426.
NASA-CR-183184.
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