1. A Statistically based Observation Operator for Mapping Columns of Atmospheric Variables to Microwave Radiances Open Access Author: Yao, Zhu Title: A Statistically based Observation Operator for Mapping Columns of Atmospheric Variables to Microwave Radiances Graduate Program: Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Keywords: observation operator; microwave data assimilation; canonical correlation analysis; Gaussian mixture model; mapping File: Download Master_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: David Stensrud, Program Head/ChairEugene E. Clothiaux, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorYunji Zhang, Committee MemberXingchao (XC) Chen, Committee MemberJeff Steward, Special Signatory