The following new observations have been activated in the high-resolution ECMWF assimilation system since the beginning of 2018:
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Observations |
Main impact |
Activation date |
|---|---|---|
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Atmospheric Motion Vectors and All-Sky Radiances from Meteosat-11 (replacing Meteosat-10, which has been excluded since 7 February 2018) |
Tropospheric wind and humidity |
20 February 2018 |
|
Radio occultation bending angles from GNOS on FY-3C |
Temperature in upper troposphere/lower stratosphere |
6 March 2018 |
|
Radiances from ATMS on NOAA-20 |
Temperature, humidity, dynamics |
22 May 2018 |
|
Atmospheric Motion Vectors from GOES-16 (replacing GOES-13, which has been excluded since 2 January 2018) |
Tropospheric wind |
22 May 2018 |
|
Significant wave height from JASON-3 and Sentinel-3A altimeters |
Ocean waves |
5 June 2018 |