Development of an Operational Data Assimilation Package Using NAAPS and NAVDAS (no cost extension)

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to improve the Navy's visibility and aerosol forecasting capability through aerosol data assimilation. New and advancing satellite aerosol retrievals and datasets are allowing the scientific community to gain an unprecedented volume of observations of the global aerosol distribution. However, few efforts have been previously made to include satellite aerosol products into aerosol models through data assimilation. Such assimilation certainly benefits operational visibility and air quality forecasts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2009
Accession Number
ADA531935

Entities

People

  • Jianglong Zhang

Organizations

  • University of North Dakota

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Assimilation
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Climatology
  • Clouds
  • Data Fusion
  • Data Sets
  • Delphi Method
  • Earth Sciences
  • Marine Meteorology
  • Meteorology
  • Military Research
  • Models
  • North Dakota
  • Observation
  • Visibility

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers

Technology Areas

  • Space