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A note on the occurrence of cloud in meteorologically sensitive areas and the implications for advanced infrared sounders
Author(s) -
McNally A. P.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1256/qj.01.206
Subject(s) - cloud computing , environmental science , meteorology , remote sensing , infrared , climatology , computer science , geography , geology , physics , operating system , optics
The geographical distribution and persistence of meteorologically sensitive areas (derived using adjoint forecast‐error tracking techniques) are investigated with respect to the occurrence of cloud. Using sensitivity patterns and cloud structures simulated from the ECMWF forecast model a high degree of correlation is found which, if realistic, could limit the ability of space‐based advanced infrared sounders to measure important meteorological features. The result underlines the need to develop techniques to use infrared sounder observations in the presence of cloud. Copyright © 2002 Royal Meteorological Society