Detection and correction of diurnal sampling bias in HIRS/2 brightness temperatures

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1425-1438

  Jackson, Darren L ^a   Soden, Brian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; INFRARED RADIATION; SAMPLING; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DIURNAL SAMPLING BIAS; HIGH-RESOLUTION INFRARED RADIATION SOUNDER; POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITES;

WEATHER SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; INFRARED RADIATION; SAMPLING; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER SATELLITES;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CORRECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DETECTION METHOD; DIURNAL VARIATION; INFRARED RADIATION; NOAA SATELLITE; RADIANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING BIAS; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 34548632091     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH2062.1     Document Type: Article

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