Improving inland precipitation forecast in China through data assimilation of microwave temperature sounding data from a three‐orbit constellation

• Published in: Quarterly journal of the Royal Meteorological Society Vol. 150; no. 764; pp. 3989 - 4013
• Main Authors: Huang, Yu, Qin, Zhengkun, Li, Juan, Mao, Jiali
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.10.2024; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Data assimilation; Data collection; microwave temperature; Numerical forecasting; polar‐orbiting satellite; Precipitation; precipitation forecast; Precipitation forecasting; Satellite data; Satellite observation; Satellites; Soundings; Temperature; Weather forecasting; China

Microwave temperature sounders onboard polar‐orbiting satellites can provide global observation data twice a day, supplying a large amount of temperature information for global data assimilation and serving as a crucial instrument to improve operational numerical forecasts. However, regional numeric...