Precise climate monitoring using complementary satellite data sets

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6768, 2000, Pages 414-416

  Wentz, Frank J ^a   Schabel, Matthias ^a  

^a REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE; HUMIDITY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; REMOTE SENSING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0034719490     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35000184     Document Type: Article

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