Sea surface temperature from a geostationary satellite by optimal estimation

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 445-457

  Merchant, C J ^a   Le Borgne, P ^b   Roquet, H ^b   Marsouin, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Meteosat 9; Optimal estimation; Retrieval theory; Sea surface temperature (SST)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC WATERS; BIAS CORRECTIONS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; DIURNAL VARIABILITIES; DRIFTING BUOYS; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; METEOSAT-9; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTIONS; OPTIMAL ESTIMATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; RETRIEVAL PROCESSES; RETRIEVAL THEORY; SATELLITE ZENITH ANGLES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SPATIAL RESOLUTION.; SPATIAL SCALES; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SYSTEMATIC BIASES; THERMAL IMAGERIES; TIME PERIODS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHM; DIURNAL VARIATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; IMAGERY; METEOSAT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 58149123291     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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