Postlaunch calibration of the METOP-A Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3581-3600

  Mo, Tsan ^a  

^a Data   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance Microwave Sounding Unit A (AMSU A) measurements; Instrument calibration; Lunar contamination; Microwave radiometers; Microwave remote sensing; Ocean brightness temperature; Satellite data

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CALIBRATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE ACOUSTIC DEVICES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORBITS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOUNDING APPARATUS; TEMPERATURE;

ADVANCE MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-A (AMSU-A) MEASUREMENTS; INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION; LUNAR CONTAMINATION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; OCEAN BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; SATELLITE DATA;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

EID: 56849083251     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.2001922     Document Type: Article

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