Estimating biases and error variances through the comparison of coincident satellite measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Toohey, M ^a   Strong, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ERROR ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; STATISTICAL METHODS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPECTROMETER; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548622351     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008192     Document Type: Article

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