Land surface emissivity from high temporal resolution geostationary infrared imager radiances: Methodology and simulation studies

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Li, Jun ^a,b   Li, Zhenglong ^a   Jin, Xin ^a   Schmit, Timothy J ^c   Zhou, Lihang ^c   Goldberg, Mitchell D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DUST; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ADVANCED BASELINE IMAGER; DUST AEROSOLS; DUST CONTAMINATION; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INFRARED IMAGERS; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; METEOSAT; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; MULTIPLE TIME STEP; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; RANDOM NOISE; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SHORT PERIODS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; THEORETICAL BASIS; TIME-CONTINUITY; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS; ZENITH ANGLE;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; EMISSIVITY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; LAND SURFACE; PRECISION; RESOLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEVIRI; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 78751530100     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014637     Document Type: Article

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