Research Article

Using Adjoint-Based Forecast Sensitivity Method to Evaluate TAMDAR Data Impacts on Regional Forecasts

Figure 7

Time-average observation impact (J kg−1) of (a) temperature (T) and (c) specific humidity (q) from TAMDAR and SOUND on pressure level (hPa) from 1000 hPa above the surface up to 50 hPa at 0000 UTC in June 2010; (b) and (d) are the observation number of T and q, respectively, at the corresponding vertical level.
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