A time-varying radiometric bias correction for the TRMM microwave imager

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3722-3730

  Gopalan, Kaushik ^a   Jones, W Linwood ^a   Biswas, Sayak ^a   Bilanow, Stephen ^a   Wilheit, Thomas ^a   Kasparis, Takis ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Intersatellite radiometric calibration; Microwave radiometer; Special sensor microwave imager (SSMI); Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission Microwave Imager (TMI); WindSat

Indexed keywords

LUMINANCE; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; TEMPERATURE;

INTERSATELLITE RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; RADIOMETRICS; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGERS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASUREMENT MISSION MICROWAVE IMAGER (TMI); TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASUREMENT MISSIONS; WINDSAT;

ORBITS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLEAR SKY; ERROR CORRECTION; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADIANCE; RADIOMETER; SSM-I; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 70350676312     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2028882     Document Type: Article

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