Operational implementation of the ATOVS processing procedure in KMA and its validation

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 398-414

  Ahn, Myoung Hwan ^a   Kim, Mee Ja ^a   Chung, Chu Yong ^a   Suh, Ae Sook ^a  

^a Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ATOVS processing and validation; Temperature and humidity profiles

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA PROCESSING; HUMIDITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOVS;

EID: 0142156195     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02690798     Document Type: Article

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