Scanning infrared radiometer for measuring the air–sea temperature difference

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 27, 2001, Pages 4807-4815

  Shaw, Joseph A ^a,c   Cimini, Domenico ^d   Westwater, Ed R ^b   Han, Yong ^b   Zorn, Heather M ^b   Churnside, James H ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science ^*  (United States)

^c Montana State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; HEAT FLUX; RADIOMETERS; SENSORS;

SCANNING INFRARED RADIOMETERS;

SCANNING;

EID: 0005155323     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.004807     Document Type: Article

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