Corrections for temporal discontinuities in the OPI

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 457-469

  Sapiano, M R P ^a,b   Janowiak, J E ^b   Smith, T M ^c   Arkin, P A ^b   Xie, P ^c   Lee, H ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATOR CROSSING TIME; GRID-BOX; HIGH RESOLUTION INFRARED RADIATION SOUNDERS; INFRARED OBSERVATIONS; MULTIPLE SATELLITES; NOAA SATELLITE; ORBITAL DRIFT; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; POLAR-ORBITING; POLAR-ORBITING SPACECRAFT; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DIFFERENCES; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION;

INFRARED RADIATION; LOCATION; RADIOMETERS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

WATER VAPOR;

AVHRR; CORRECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; NOAA SATELLITE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPACECRAFT; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 77953011866     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1366.1     Document Type: Article

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