The ground-based scanning radiometer: A powerful tool for study of the arctic atmosphere

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2759-2777

  Cimini, Domenico ^a,b,c   Gasiewski, Albin J ^a,b   Klein, Marian ^a,b   Leuski, Vladimir Ye ^b   Dowlatshahi, Sally G ^d  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Electronics Systems Sector   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic atmosphere; Ground based remote sensing; Radiometry; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC ATMOSPHERE; ERROR BUDGET ANALYSIS; GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING; GROUND-BASED SCANNING RADIOMETER (GSR);

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 34548233652     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.897423     Document Type: Article

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