Validation of the operational IASI level 2 processor using AIRS and ECMWF data

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2299-2305

  Calbet, Xavier ^a   Schlüssel, Peter ^a   Hultberg, Tim ^a   Phillips, Pepe ^a   August, Thomas ^a  

^a EUMETSAT   (Germany)

Author keywords

AIRS; Atmospheric retrieval; IASI; Infrared sounding; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFRARED RADIATION; SPACE RESEARCH; TROPOSPHERE;

AIRS; ATMOSPHERIC RETRIEVAL; IASI; INFRARED SOUNDING;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 33745617087     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.07.057     Document Type: Article

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