Estimation of Upper Tropospheric Humidity from water vapour channel of Very High Resolution Radiometer onboard INSAT-3A and Kalpana Satellites

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6408, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Thapliyal, P K ^a   Vinayak, M ^a   Ajil, K S ^a   Shah, S ^a   Pal, P K ^a   Joshi, P C ^a  

^a Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

Author keywords

INSAT 3A; Kalpna; Meteosat; Radiosonde; UTH; VHRR; Weigthing function

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOSONDES; TROPOSPHERE;

INSAT-3A; KALPNA; METEOSATS; UTH; VHRR; WEIGTHING FUNCTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 33846988652     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.693982     Document Type: Conference Paper

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