Effects of precipitation and cloud ice on brightness temperatures in amsu moisture channels

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1429-1437

  Burns, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric measurements; Microwave radiometry; Satellite applications

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ICE; RADIOMETRY; RAIN;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT (AMSU); MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0031277027     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.649797     Document Type: Article

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