Validation of the AATSR Meteo product Sea Surface Temperature

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 711-726

  O'Carroll, A G ^a   Watts, J G ^a   Horrocks, L A ^b   Saunders, Roger W ^a   Rayner, N A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE SENSORS; RADIOMETRY;

ADVANCED ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER (AATSR); CLIMATE SST ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE IMAGER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM);

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE SENSORS; RADIOMETRY;

ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER; AVHRR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33745039009     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1876.1     Document Type: Article

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