An assessment of operational TIROS-N temperature retrievals over the United States 9 (and Canada).

Abstract

For a 14-day period in late March and early April 1979, TIROS-N operational soundings have been compared with independent temperature analyses produced by the National Meteorological Center. Over the US and southern Canada, analyzed layer-mean virtual temperatures were interpolated in space and time to the TIROS-N soundings. Differences between retrieved and analyzed layer temperatures were calculated at each sounding location. -from Author