Infrared interferometric measurements of the near-surface air temperature over the oceans

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1019-1032

  Minnett, P J ^a   Maillet, K A ^a   Hanafin, J A ^a,b   Osborne, B J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFEROMETRY; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; SOLAR HEATING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

INFRARED INTERFEROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; NEAR-SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; INTERFEROMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); WORLD;

EID: 27544498864     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1756.1     Document Type: Article

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