Comparison of low brightness temperatures derived from the AVHRR thermal channels with in situ measurements in Antarctica

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 525-532

  Devasthale, A ^a   Grassl, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA MINING; DECISION TREES; LUMINANCE; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SATELLITES; TEMPERATURE;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HIERARCHICAL DECISION TREES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; THERMAL MEASUREMENTS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR);

ALGORITHM; AVHRR; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LOW TEMPERATURE; NOAA SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 57049159267     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802392588     Document Type: Article

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