Improved remote sensing of sea surface skin temperature using a physical retrieval method

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C5, 1998, Pages 10527-10542

  Nalli, Nicholas R ^a,b   Smith, William L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERS-1; RADIANCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032523723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc00196     Document Type: Article

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