Analysis of polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite NOAA-14 MSU and NOAA-15 AMSU-A relative measurement biases for climate change detection

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Iacovazzi Jr , Robert A ^a   Cao, Changyong ^b   Boukabara, Sid Ahmed ^b  

^a Earth Resources and Technology   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MICROWAVE ACOUSTIC DEVICES; MICROWAVES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TIME SERIES;

ANALYSIS RESULTS; BIAS ESTIMATE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CHANNEL FREQUENCIES; CHANNEL OBSERVATIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE DETECTION; COMMUNITY RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; FREQUENCY MISMATCH; INTEGRATED RETRIEVAL; MICROWAVE SOUNDER; MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT; POLAR-ORBITING OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; RELATIVE MEASUREMENT;

SOUNDING APPARATUS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NADIR; NOAA SATELLITE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TIME SERIES;

EID: 68249087606     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011588     Document Type: Article

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