Detection of cloud-affected AIRS channels using an adjacent-pixel approach

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 599 PART B, 2004, Pages 1469-1487

  Joiner, J ^a   Poli, P ^a,b,c   Frank, D ^a,d   Liu, H C ^a,e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d Decisions Systems Technologies Inc   (United States)

^e SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; High resolution; Radiances

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DATA REDUCTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADIOMETERS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD CONTAMINATION; DATA ASSIMILATION;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD; DATA ASSIMILATION; EOS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIXEL; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 2942580586     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.93     Document Type: Article

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