An Independent Assessment of Pathfinder AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature Accuracy Using the Marine Atmosphere Emitted Radiance Interferometer (MAERI)

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1525-1536

  Kearns, Edward J ^a   Hanafin, Jennifer A ^a   Evans, Robert H ^a   Minnett, Peter J ^a   Brown, Otis B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 0000465991     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<1525:AIAOPA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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