Estimating sea surface temperature from infrared satellite and in situ temperature data

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2773-2785

  Emery, William J ^a,e   Castro, Sandra ^a   Wick, G A ^b   Schluessel, Peter ^c   Donlon, Craig ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e UCB 450   (United States)

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EID: 0009600156     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<2773:ESSTFI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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