Examination of 'global atmospheric temperature monitoring with satellite microwave measurements': 2. Analysis of satellite data

Climatic Change

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 459-476

  Prabhakara, C ^a   Yoo, Jung Moon ^b   Maloney, Steven P ^c   Nucciarone, J J ^c   Arking, Albert ^d   Cadeddu, Maria ^a   Dalu, G ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL MONITORING; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT; MONITORING; MSU; OCEAN DATA; RADIOMETER;

EID: 0030485268     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00141699     Document Type: Article

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