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FY-3E carries a third-generation microwave temperature sounder (MWTS-3). For the first time, this study demonstrates that MWTS-3 radiances data assimilation can improve the China Meteorological Administration Global Forecast System (CMA-GFS). By establishing a cloud detection module based on the retrieval results of the new channels of MWTS-3, a quality control module according to the error characteristics of MWTS-3 data, and a bias correction module considering the scanning position of satellite and weather systems, the effective assimilation of MWTS-3 data in the CMA-GFS has been realized. Through one-month cycling experiments of assimilation and forecasts, the error characteristics and assimilation effects of MWTS-3 data are carefully evaluated. The results show that the observation errors in MWTS-3 data are similar to those in advanced technology microwave sounder (ATMS) data within the same frequency channel, are slightly larger than those in the advanced microwave-sounding unit-A (AMSU-A) data, and are much better than those in the MWTS-2 data. The validation of the assimilation and prediction results demonstrate the positive contribution of MWTS-3 data assimilation, which can remarkably reduce the analysis errors in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Specifically, the error growth on the upper layer of the model is obviously suppressed. When all other operational satellite observations are included, the assimilation of MWTS-3 data has a neutral or slightly positive contribution to the analysis and forecast results, and the improvement is mainly found in the Southern Hemisphere. The relevant evaluation results indicate that the MWTS-3 data assimilation has good application prospects for operation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14235943","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,24]],"date-time":"2022-11-24T04:34:52Z","timestamp":1669264492000},"page":"5943","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Direct Assimilation of Chinese FY-3E Microwave Temperature Sounder-3 Radiances in the CMA-GFS: An Initial Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Juan","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Earth System Modeling and Prediction Centre, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Institute of Meteorological, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaoli","family":"Qian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Joint Center for Data Assimilation for Research and Application, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1172-8040","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhengkun","family":"Qin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Joint Center for Data Assimilation for Research and Application, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guiqing","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Earth System Modeling and Prediction Centre, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Institute of Meteorological, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"627","article-title":"Use of cloud-cleared radiances in three-four-dimensional variational data assimilation","volume":"120","author":"Andersson","year":"1994","journal-title":"Q. 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