Estimating longwave net radiation at sea surface from the special sensor microwave/imager (SSM/I)

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 919-930

  Liu, Quanhua ^a   Simmer, Clemens ^a   Ruprecht, Eberhard ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC INSTRUMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LONG WAVE RADIATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MICROWAVE SENSING; NEURAL NETWORK; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIATION BALANCE; SSM/I;

EID: 0031438596     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0919:ELNRAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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