NOAA operational sounding products for advanced TOVS

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4615-4651

  Reale, A ^a   Tilley, F ^b   Ferguson, M ^c   Allegrino, A ^d  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b IM Systems Group Inc   (United States)

^c Raytheon ITSS   (United States)

^d RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); INFORMATION SERVICES; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SATELLITES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNITS; ADVANCED TIROS OPERATIONAL VERTICAL SOUNDER; ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTERS; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; SATELLITE CONFIGURATION; THREE SATELLITE CONSTELLATION;

ORBITS;

NOAA SATELLITE; NUMERICAL METHOD; RADIOMETER; RADIOSONDE; SATELLITE DATA; TOVS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 48249113985     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802020502     Document Type: Article

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