Retrieval of surface and atmospheric parameters over land from SSM/I: Potential and limitations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 559, 1999, Pages 2379-2400

  Prigent, C ^a   Rossow, W R ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Microwave; Radiative transfer; Variational inversion

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE IMAGERY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033376829     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55902     Document Type: Article

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