Bias characteristics in the AVHRR sea surface temperature

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Zhang, Huai Min ^a   Reynolds, Richard W ^a   Smith, Thomas M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ERROR ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; SEA LEVEL; VOLCANOES; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ERROR INFORMATION; SATELLITE MISSIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

GEOPHYSICS;

ALGORITHM; AVHRR; ERROR ANALYSIS; NOAA SATELLITE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 2442424254     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018804     Document Type: Article

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