Using the special sensor microwave/imager to monitor land surface temperatures, wetness, and snow cover

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 888-911

  Basist, Alan ^a,b   Grody, Norman C ^a   Peterson, Thomas C ^a   Williams, Claude N ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; MAPS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SATELLITES; SNOW;

BLIZZARD; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODELS; IMAGER; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SNOW COVER; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE; WETNESS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

LAND SURFACE; SNOW COVER; SSM-I; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032173154     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0888:UTSSMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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