Land surface skin temperatures from a combined analysis of microwave and infrared satellite observations for an all-weather evaluation of the differences between air and skin temperatures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Prigent, Catherine ^a   Aires, Filipe ^b,c   Rossow, William B ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Biosphere atmosphere interactions; Land atmosphere interactions; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

LAND SURFACE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1642545184     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002301     Document Type: Article

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