Recalibration of microwave sounding unit for climate studies using simultaneous nadir overpasses

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Zou, Cheng Zhi ^a   Goldberg, Mitchell D ^a   Cheng, Zhaohui ^b   Grody, Norman C ^a   Sullivan, Jerry T ^a   Cao, Changyong ^a   Tarpley, Dan ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; PIXELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; NADIR; NOAA SATELLITE; PIXEL;

EID: 34547971504     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006798     Document Type: Article

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