A study of the NOAA-15 AMSU-A brightness temperatures from 1998 through 2007

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Mo, Tsan ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER SERIES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TIME SERIES; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-A; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLIMATE TRENDS; DIURNAL VARIATION; EQUATOR CROSSING TIME; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SIMPLE APPROACH;

TEMPERATURE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; NOAA SATELLITE; RADIOMETER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING;

EID: 68749095810     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011267     Document Type: Article

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