Efficient methods to assimilate remotely sensed data based on information content

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 549, 1998, Pages 1669-1694

  Joiner, J ^a   Da Silva, A M ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIANCE; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 0031735312     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54914     Document Type: Article

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