Intercalibration of NOAA and Meteosat window channel brightness temperatures

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3717-3733

  Barroso, Carla ^a   Trigo, I F ^a,b   Olesen, F ^c   Dacamara, C ^a,b   Queluz, M P ^d  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; IMAGE SENSORS; METEOROLOGY; RADIOMETERS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD DETECTION; INTERCALIBRATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; METEOSAT; NOAA SATELLITE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 26844474969     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500159834     Document Type: Article

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