On the use of CloudSat and MODIS data for estimating hurricane intensity

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-16

  Luo, Zhengzhao ^a   Stephens, Graeme L ^b   Emanuel, Kerry A ^c   Vane, Deborah G ^d   Tourville, Natalie D ^b   Haynes, John M ^b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Radar applications; Radar meteorological factors; Satellite applications

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; DATABASE SYSTEMS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

RADAR APPLICATIONS; RADAR METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; SATELLITE APPLICATIONS; SPECTRORADIOMETER;

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 38349105316     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2007.905341     Document Type: Article

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