Intercomparison of integrated IASI and AATSR calibrated radiances at 11 and 12 μm

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 6677-6683

  Illingworth, S M ^a   Remedios, J J ^a   Parker, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOMOGENEITY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERFEROMETER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIANCE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 74549129671     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-6677-2009     Document Type: Article

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