The SST quality monitor (SQUAM)

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1899-1917

  Dash, Prasanjit ^a,b   Ignatov, Alexander ^a   Kihai, Yury ^a,c   Sapper, John ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Perot Systems Government Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-PLATFORM; DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM; DOUBLE DIFFERENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; GAUSSIAN PARAMETERS; GAUSSIAN SHAPE; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL LEVELS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU DATA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METOP-A; NEAR-REAL TIME; REFERENCE STANDARD; REYNOLDS; ROBUST STATISTICS; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES; REYNOLDS EQUATION; SATELLITES; SEA ICE; SECURITY OF DATA; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR);

AVHRR; DATA QUALITY; HISTOGRAM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; NOAA SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77958474156     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHO756.1     Document Type: Article

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