Clear-sky window channel radiances: A comparison between observations and the ECMWF model

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1463-1479

  Trigo, Isabel F ^a   Viterbo, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b European Centre for Meadium Range Weather Forecasts   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLEAR SKY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; METEOSAT; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0345414189     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<1463:CWCRAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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