1D-VAR retrieval of temperature and humidity profiles from a ground-based microwave radiometer

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2163-2168

  Hewison, Tim J ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric measurements; Microwave radiometry; Remote sensing; Variational methods

Indexed keywords

CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS; INFRARED RADIOMETERS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; ITERATIVE METHODS; RADIOMETERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 34347231225     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.898091     Document Type: Conference Paper

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