Evaluation of radiative transfer models in atmospheric profiling with broadband infrared radiance measurements

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 863-874

  Jin, Xin ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Schmit, Timothy J ^b   Goldberg, Mitchell D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFRARED IMAGING; JACOBIAN MATRICES; MOISTURE CONTROL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ADVANCED BASELINE IMAGES; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMITTANCE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; COMMUNITY RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL;

INFRARED TELEVISION;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BASELINE SURVEY; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GOES; INFRARED RADIATION; METEOSAT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 79952416301     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.517801     Document Type: Article

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