Validation of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) version 5 land surface emissivity product over the Namib and Kalahari deserts

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Hulley, Glynn C ^a   Hook, Simon J ^a   Manning, Evan ^a   Lee, Sung Yung ^a   Fetzer, Eric ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; LANDFORMS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; WATER VAPOR;

ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; CLIMATE VARIABLES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HYPERSPECTRAL; INFRARED SOUNDERS; KALAHARI; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LAND SURFACE; RETRIEVAL ERRORS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SYSTEMATIC MODELING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL INFRARED REGIONS; TOTAL WATER VAPORS;

SOUNDING APPARATUS;

ASTER; CLIMATE VARIATION; EMISSIVITY; LAND SURFACE; SAND; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; KALAHARI DESERT; NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 72049088020     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009jd012351     Document Type: Article

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