Coastal Aerosol Distribution by Data Assimilation

Abstract

The long-term goal of this research is to develop an initialization scheme for a multi-dimensional predictive aerosol model in coastal regions. The initialization scheme will have global coverage and include data gathering, quality control and data assimilation of the available aerosol observations including satellite aerosol retrievals, ground-based remote sensing, point measurements, and the previous aerosol forecast.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA627411

Entities

People

  • Douglas Westphal

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Assimilation
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Coastal Regions
  • Detection
  • Ground Based
  • Measurement
  • New Mexico
  • North America
  • Observation
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Puerto Rico
  • Quality Control
  • Regions
  • Remote Sensing
  • Satellite Imaging
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Space