EAQUATE: An international experiment for hyperspectral atmospheric sounding validation

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-218

  Taylor, Jonathan P ^a   Smith, W L ^b,j   Cuomo, V ^c   Larar, A M ^d   Zhou, D K ^d   Serio, C ^e   Maestri, T ^f   Rizzi, R ^f   Newman, S ^a   Antonelli, P ^g   Mango, S ^h   Di Girolamo, P ^e   Esposito, F ^e   Grieco, G ^e   Summa, D ^e   Restieri, R ^e   Masiello, G ^e   Romano, F ^c   Pappalardo, G ^c   Pavese, G ^c   Mona, L ^c   Amodeo, A ^c   Pisani, G ⁱ   more..

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g Mediterranean Agency for Remote Sensing and Environmental Control MARSec   (Italy)

^h NPOESS Integrated Program Office   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; INTERFEROMETERS; SOUNDING APPARATUS; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDER; DIRECT RADIANCE; HYPERSPECTRAL ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 41549108918     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-89-2-203     Document Type: Article

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