Comparison of brightness temperatures observed from ground-based microwave radiometers during TUC

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-25

  Cimini, Domenico ^a,b   Hewison, Tim J ^c   Martin, Lorenz ^d  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; RADIOMETERS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 33646054867     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0096     Document Type: Article

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