Introducing the next-generation advanced baseline imager on GOES-R

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1079-1096

  Schmit, Timothy J ^a,c   Gunshor, Mathew M ^b   Menzel, W Paul ^a   Gurka, James J ^a   Li, Jun ^b   Bachmeier, A Scott ^b  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Office of Research and Applications ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

ADVANCED BASELINE IMAGER (ABI); ENVIRONMENTAL REMOTE SENSING; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE (GOES);

WEATHER SATELLITES;

EID: 23944500566     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-86-8-1079     Document Type: Article

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