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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-3947-2017
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Research article
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25 Oct 2017
Research article |
| 25 Oct 2017
Long-term observations minus background monitoring of ground-based brightness temperatures from a microwave radiometer network
Francesco De Angelis
CETEMPS, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
Domenico Cimini
National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA-CNR), Potenza, Italy
CETEMPS, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
Ulrich Löhnert
Institute for geophysics and meteorology, University of Cologne,
Cologne, Germany
Olivier Caumont
CNRM UMR 3589, Météo-France/CNRS, Toulouse, France
Alexander Haefele
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, Payerne,
Switzerland
Bernhard Pospichal
Institute for geophysics and meteorology, University of Cologne,
Cologne, Germany
Pauline Martinet
CNRM UMR 3589, Météo-France/CNRS, Toulouse, France
Francisco Navas-Guzmán
Institute of Applied Physics (IAP), University of Bern, Bern,
Switzerland
Henk Klein-Baltink
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, the Netherlands
Jean-Charles Dupont
Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), Université Versailles Saint
Quentin, Guyancourt, France
James Hocking
Met Office, Exeter, UK
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Short summary
Modern data assimilation systems require knowledge of the typical differences between observations and model background (O–B). This work illustrates a 1-year O–B analysis for ground-based microwave radiometer (MWR) observations in clear-sky conditions for a prototype network of six MWRs in Europe. Observations are MWR brightness temperatures (TB). Background profiles extracted from the output of a convective-scale model are used to simulate TB through the radiative transfer model RTTOV-gb.
Modern data assimilation systems require knowledge of the typical differences between...
