AIRS radiance validation over ocean from sea surface temperature measurements

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 432-441

  Hagan, Denise E ^a   Minnett, Peter J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Drifting buoy; Infrared radiometry; Remote sensing; Satellite radiometry; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WEATHER SATELLITES; INFRARED RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

INFRARED RADIOMETRY; DRIFTING BUOY; SATELLITE RADIOMETRY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

METEOROLOGY; ATMOSPHERICS;

EID: 0037598871     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.808316     Document Type: Review

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