Calibration of multisatellite observations for climatic studies: Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU)

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Grody, Norman C ^a   Vinnikov, Konstantin Y ^b   Goldberg, Mitchell D ^a   Sullivan, Jerry T ^a   Tarpley, J Dan ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave remote sensing; Microwave Sounding Unit; Temperature climate monitoring

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 14744299708     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005079     Document Type: Article

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