Toward the elimination of bias in satellite retrievals of sea surface temperature 2. Comparison with in situ measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C10, 1999, Pages 23579-23590

  Merchant, C J ^a,c   Harris, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0006423134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900106     Document Type: Review

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