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Observing the Atmosphere

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Data Assimilation for the Earth System

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The aim of this chapter is to give an overview of the techniques used to observe the atmosphere, and the physical principles involved. In particular, we attempt to highlight characteristics of different observation types that need to be taken into account when using them in an atmospheric data assimilation system.

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  1. NWP Division, Met Office, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK

    R. Swinbank

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  1. Met Office, Bracknell, UK

    Richard Swinbank

  2. Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Victor Shutyaev

  3. Data Assimilation Research Centre, University of Reading, Reading, UK

    William Albert Lahoz

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Swinbank, R. (2003). Observing the Atmosphere. In: Swinbank, R., Shutyaev, V., Lahoz, W.A. (eds) Data Assimilation for the Earth System. NATO Science Series, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0029-1_12

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