Data assimilation of Himawari-8 aerosol optical thickness for the operational dust forecast


Taichu Y Tanaka1, Akinori Ogi1, Keiya Yumimoto2, Tsuyoshi Thomas Sekiyama3, Takashi Maki4, Maki Kikuchi5, Mayumi Yoshida5, Takashi M Nagao5 and Hiroshi Murakami5, (1)Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan, (2)Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, (3)Japan Meteorological Agency, Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan, (4)Meteorological Research Instit, Tsukuba, Japan, (5)Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Earth Observation Research Center, Tsukuba, Japan