A new technique for estimating outgoing longwave radiation using infrared window and water vapor radiances from Kalpana very high resolution radiometer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Singh, Randhir ^a   Thapliyal, P K ^a   Kishtawal, C M ^a   Pal, P K ^a   Joshi, P C ^a  

^a Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INFRARED RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL INDIAN NATIONAL SATELLITE (INSAT); MULTICHANNEL REGRESSION; OUTGOING LONGWARE RADIATION (OLR);

RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHM; INFRARED RADIATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MODELING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRANSFER FUNCTION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 39049093627     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031715     Document Type: Article

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