A study of the NOAA near-nadir AMSU-A brightness temperatures over Antarctica

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 995-1004

  Mo, Tsan ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Instrumentation sensors; Microwave observations; Remote sensing; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-A; ANTARCTICA; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CALIBRATION REFERENCE; INTERCALIBRATION; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MULTIPLE SATELLITES; REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES; SPACE-BORNE MICROWAVE INSTRUMENTS; TEST SITE; WINTER MONTHS;

CALIBRATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SOUNDING APPARATUS; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES;

SATELLITES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; NOAA SATELLITE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSOR;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77955580414     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1417.1     Document Type: Article

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