A fast radiative transfer model for SSMIS upper atmosphere sounding channels

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Han, Yong ^a,b   Weng, Fuzhong ^a   Liu, Quanhua ^b,c   van Delst, Paul ^b,d  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation ^*  (United States)

^c QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ACOUSTICS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GEOMAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPACITY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETRY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 34548058183     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008208     Document Type: Article

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