Identification of systematic bias in the cross-platform (SMMR and SSM/I) EASE-grid brightness temperature time series

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 4 PART II, 2003, Pages 910-915

  Derksen, Chris ^a   Walker, Anne E ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brightness temperatures; Passive microwave; Scanning multichannel microwave radiometer (SMMR); Special sensor microwave imager (SSM I)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; PASSIVE MICROWAVE; SCANNING MULTICHANNEL MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0037560775     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.812003     Document Type: Letter

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