Assimilation of GOES-16 Radiances and Retrievals into the Warn-on-Forecast System

AbstractThe increasing maturity of the Warn-on-Forecast System (WoFS) coupled with the now operational GOES-16 satellite allows for the first time a comprehensive analysis of the relative impacts o...

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