Validation of clear-sky radiances over oceans simulated with MODTRAN4.2 and global NCEP GDAS fields against nighttime NOAA15-18 and MetOp-A AVHRR data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3012-3029

  Dash, Prasanjit ^a,b   Ignatov, Alexander ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol in TIR; AVHRR; Cloud; Fresnel; Halos; MetOp A; MODTRAN; NCEP; NOAA; RTM; RTM bias; Sea surface emissivity; Sea surface temperature; Validation

Indexed keywords

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING;

SEA SURFACE EMISSIVITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

AEROSOL; AVHRR; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD; EMISSIVITY; GEOPHYSICS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 43949103725     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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