Toward the elimination of bias in satellite retrievals of sea surface temperature 1. Theory, modeling and interalgorithm comparison

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C10, 1999, Pages 23565-23578

  Merchant, C J ^a,d   Harris, A R ^b   Murray, M J ^c   Zavody A M ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e Albinus Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER; DATA PROCESSING; ERROR CORRECTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033569078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900105     Document Type: Review

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