Flux retrieval optimization with a nonscanner along-track broadband radiometer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Bodas Salcedo, A ^a   Gimeno Ferrer, J F ^a   Lopez Baeza E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angular distribution model; Earth radiation budget; Flux retrieval

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 1642422873     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002162     Document Type: Article

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