Methodology for deriving deep-layer mean temperatures from combined satellite infrared and microwave observations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-20

  Goldberg, Mitchell D ^a   McMillin, Larry M ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; INFRARED DEVICES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; SOUNDING APPARATUS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

DEEP-LAYER MEAN TEMPERATURES; HIGH-RESOLUTION INFRARED SOUNDER (HIRS); MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT (MSU);

CLIMATOLOGY;

METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033018984     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-12.1.5     Document Type: Article

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