Uses of NOAA-16 and -18 satellite measurements for verifying the limb-correction algorithm

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 544-548

  Liu, Quanhua ^a   Weng, Fuzhong ^b  

^a QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT (AMSU); BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; LIMB-CORRECTION ALGORITHM; SCANNING ANGLE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; IMAGE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; NADIR; NOAA SATELLITE; RADAR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 34249072807     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2476.1     Document Type: Article

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