Retrieval characteristics of non-linear sea surface temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Merchant, C J ^c   Harris, A R ^a   Roquet, H ^b   Le Borgne, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; MOISTURE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EXTREME CASE; IN-SITU DATA; INFRA RED; NON-LINEAR; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; REGIONAL SCALE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; AVHRR; DATA SET; HUMIDITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 71949089016     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039843     Document Type: Article

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