Simultaneous retrieval of atmospheric profiles, land-surface temperature, and surface emissivity from Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer thermal infrared data: Extension of a two-step physical algorithm

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 909-924

  Ma, Xia L ^a,b,c   Wan, Zhengming ^a   Moeller, Christopher C ^c   Menzel, W Paul ^d   Gumley, Liam E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SURFACE EMISSIONS;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 0036307548     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.000909     Document Type: Article

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