Rapid radiative transfer model for AMSU/HSB channels

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 362-368

  Rosenkranz, Philip W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric microwave transmittance; Microwave emissivity

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROWAVES; OXYGEN; SPACECRAFT; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC MICROWAVE TRANSMITTANCE;

REMOTE SENSING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-A (AMSU-A); ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMITTANCE MODEL; BAND OPACITY; HUMIDITY SOUNDER FOR BRAZIL (HSB) CHANNELS; MICROWAVE EMISSIVITY;

EID: 0037598876     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.808323     Document Type: Review

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