A new approach for retrieving precipitable water from ATSR2 split-window channel data over land area

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 5095-5117

  Li, Zhao Ling ^a   Jia, Li ^b   Su, Zhongbo ^b   Wan, Zhengming ^c   Zhang, Renhua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERICS; INFRARED RADIATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

SPLIT-WINDOW CHANNEL DATA;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPLIT WINDOW; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0346846683     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116031000096014     Document Type: Article

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