Quantifying EOS aqua and NOAA POES AMSU-A brightness temperature biases for weather and climate applications utilizing the SNO method

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1895-1909

  Iacovazzi Jr , Robert A ^a,b   Cao, Changyong ^b  

^a Earth Resources Technology Inc   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; POLAR-ORBITING OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE; SILMULTANEOUS NADIR OVERPASS METHOD;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EOS; ERROR ANALYSIS; NADIR; NOAA SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 36749087042     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH2095.1     Document Type: Article

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