One-dimensional variational retrieval algorithm of temperature, water vapor, and cloud water profiles from Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU)

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1087-1095

  Liu, Quanhua ^a   Weng, Fuzhong ^b  

^a QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU); One dimensional variation (ID var)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; SOUNDING APPARATUS; VAPORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT (AMSU); MULTIPLE SCATTERING; ONE DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONS (ID-VAR); RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 18444411613     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.843211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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