The Value of Radio Occultation Data in Global NWP: An OSSE on the Impact of Profile Volume, Geographical Distribution, and Satellite Bias Correction
An observing system simulation experiment framework was developed to quantify the impact of increasing the number and improving the distribution of radio occultation profiles on global numerical weather prediction (NWP) skill. Experiments were conducted assimilating between 6,000 and 100,000 daily radio occultation s...