Latitudinally and seasonally dependent Zenith-Angle corrections for geostationary satellite IR brightness temperatures

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 689-703

  Joyce, R ^a   Janowiak, J ^a   Huffman, G ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; TROPICS;

ZENITH-ANGLE;

METEOROLOGY;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; INFRARED IMAGERY; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 0035306187     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<0689:LASDZA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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