Initial results from the 2004 North Slope of Alaska Arctic winter radiometric experiment

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1374-1377

  Westwater, E R ^a   Klein, M ^a   Leuski, V ^a   Gasiewski, A J ^b   Uttal, T ^b   Hazen, D A ^b   Cimini, D ^c   Mattioli, V ^d   Weber, B L ^e   Dowlatshahi, S ^e   Shaw, J A ^f   Liljegren, J S ^g   Lesht, B M ^g   Zak, B D ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^f Montana State University   (United States)

^g ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; INFRARED IMAGING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPACITY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOSONDES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS (ARM); INTEGRATED CLOUD LIQUIDS (ICL); MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS (MWR); PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR (PWV);

RADIOMETRY;

EID: 20144386709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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