Use of radio occultation to evaluate atmospheric temperature data from spaceborne infrared sensors

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-85

  Yunck, Thomas P ^a   Fetzer, Eric J ^b   Mannucci, Anthony M ^b   Ao, Chi O ^b   Irion, F William ^a   Wilson, Brian D ^b   Manipon, Gerald John M ^c  

^a Geo Optics LLC   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIRS; Comparisons; GPS; Temperature biases; Temperature profiles

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; GPS; INFRARED IMAGERY; MODIS; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOPAUSE; WEATHER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 66149166463     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2007.12.08.01(F3C)     Document Type: Article

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