Estimation of total atmospheric water vapor content from split-window radiance measurements

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 410-418

  Ottle C ^a   Outalha, S ^a   Francois C ^a   Le Maguer, S ^a  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFRARED IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; RADIO SOUNDINGS; SPLIT WINDOW COVARIANCE VARIANCE RATIO TECHNIQUE; SPLIT WINDOW RADIANCE MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE EMISSIVITY EFFECT;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND SURFACE; SATELLITE SENSING; SEA SURFACE; SPLIT WINDOW CHANNEL; SPLITE WINDOW CHANNEL; WATER VAPOUR;

ATLANTIC; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0031228764     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(97)00055-2     Document Type: Article

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