ASSIMILATION OF SEVIRI INFORMATION IN THE MET OFFICE'S FORECAST MODELS: INITIAL EXPERIENCES

• Main Authors: Ruth Taylor, Peter Francis, Roger Saunders
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Nimrod; Saunders; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.550.9714

SEVIRI cloud information is currently assimilated operationally into the 12 km North Atlantic European (NAE) model at the Met Office using an analysis correction scheme, with derived cloud information provided by a nowcasting system, NIMROD (Golding, 1998). As well as work on assimilation of clear-s...