Absolute, spectrally-resolved, thermal radiance: A benchmark for climate monitoring from space

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 367-383

  Anderson, J G ^a   Dykema, J A ^a   Goody, R M ^a   Hu, H ^a   Kirk Davidoff, D B ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate monitoring; Infrared spectroscopy; Sampling errors; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; RANDOM ERRORS;

CLIMATE MONITORING; THERMAL RADIANCES;

HEAT RADIATION;

CLIMATE VARIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 1442264778     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(03)00232-2     Document Type: Article

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