Adding CO2 channel 16 to AHI data assimilation over land further improves short-range rainfall forecasts
The new generation of geostationary environmental operational satellite imager, the Himawari-8 Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI), adds two more water vapour channels and four more other channels than its predecessor, MTSAT-2.But except for the three water vapour channels, AHI channels are often not assimilated over land due to large uncertainty in sur