Validation of a technique for estimating OLR with the GOES Sounder

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-89

  Ba, Mamoudou B ^a   Ellingson, Robert G ^a   Gruber, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; RAIN;

DIURNAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GOES; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0141746137     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2003)020<0079:VOATFE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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