Use of ship surface air temperatures in the Flattery height/wind analysis

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• Personal Author:
  Rasch, Glenn E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Meteorological Center (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NWS (National Weather Service)
• Description:
  "Close scrutiny of a single analysis by Phillips, et al. (1977) revealed several problems with both the observed data and the Flattery analysis procedure used for NMC operational analyses and in the 6-hour data assimilation cycle. A solution to one of the problems is discussed in this note. The problem is that the Flattery analysis produces incorrect low-level thickness temperatures over oceanic areas. More specifically, the one case study showed the low-level thickness temperatures to be too cold in the northwestern Pacific when compared to observed ship temperatures. A solution to this problem consists of making better use of observed ship surface air temperatures"--Introduction.
• Content Notes:
  Glenn E. Rasch.
  
  "April 1978."
  
  "This is an unreviewed manuscript, primarily intended for informal exchange of information among NMC staff members."
  
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  Includes bibliographical references (page 16).
  
  
• Keywords:
  Atmospheric Pressure Mathematical Models Measurement Numerical Weather Forecasting Wind Forecasting Atmospheric Pressure Mathematical Models Numerical Weather Forecasting Wind Forecasting
• Series:
  Office note (National Meteorological Center (U.S.))   176
• Document Type:
  Miscellaneous
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  LIbrary
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  urn:sha256:1ca5ab85e276adeb4aa197f5150c9852e7a0d15a03cfa93b311a08280948c9fd
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  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/12743/noaa_12743_DS1.pdf
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