First three years of the microwave radiometer aboard Envisat: In-flight calibration, processing, and validation of the geophysical products

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 802-814

  Obligis, Estelle ^a   Eymard, L ^b   Tran, N ^a   Labroue, S ^a   Femenias, P ^c  

^a CLS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CALIBRATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOPHYSICS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIOSONDES;

GEOPHYSICAL PRODUCTS; IN-FLIGHT CALIBRATION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; TROPOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

RADIOMETERS;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CALIBRATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOPHYSICS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOSONDES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SIMULATION;

EID: 33645561191     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1878.1     Document Type: Article

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