Comparison of AIRS and IASI radiances using goes imagers as transfer radiometers toward climate data records

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 478-492

  Wang, Likun ^a   Wu, Xiangqian ^b   Li, Yaping ^c   Goldberg, Mitch ^b   Sohn, Seung Hee ^b,d   Cao, Changyong ^b  

^a Perot Systems Government Services   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^c IM Systems Group   (United States)

^d National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CALIBRATION STANDARD; CLIMATE DATA RECORDS; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; CROSS-TRACK INFRARED SOUNDER; DOUBLE DIFFERENCES; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; GOES IMAGERS; HYPERSPECTRAL; IMAGERS; INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING INTERFEROMETERS; LOCAL EQUATOR CROSSING TIME; MEAN VALUES; SPACE-BASED; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL CHANNELS; SPECTRAL RANGE; TIME PERIODS; TRANSFER RADIOMETERS; TROPICAL REGIONS;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INFRARED DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SOUNDING APPARATUS; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GOES; INTERFEROMETRY; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 77953484509     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2218.1     Document Type: Article

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