Determination of AATSR biases using the OSTIA SST analysis system and a matchup database

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1208-1217

  Stark, John D ^a   Donlon, C ^a   O'Carroll, A ^a   Corlett, G ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

GLOBAL OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATION EXPERIMENT; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST DATA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER; DATABASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 51749100820     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHO560.1     Document Type: Article

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