Effects of microwave desert surface emissivity on AMSU-A data assimilation

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1263-1276

  Yan, Banghua ^a   Weng, Fuzhong ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) A; data assimilation; desert emissivity

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT DATUM; ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNITS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SETS; DESERT EMISSIVITY; DESERT SURFACES; EMISSIVITY SPECTRA; EMISSIVITY VALUES; GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEMS; LAND EMISSIVITY; LOAMY SAND; MICROWAVE LAND EMISSIVITY; MINERAL PARTICLES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SANDY LOAMS; SATELLITE DATA ASSIMILATION; SOIL TYPES; SURFACE EMISSIVITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; FORECASTING; LANDFORMS; MICROWAVE ACOUSTIC DEVICES; MICROWAVES; REMOTE SENSING; SILICATE MINERALS; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

DATA PROCESSING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; DESERT; EMISSIVITY; FORECASTING METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL TYPE; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

FRANCE;

EID: 79953174218     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2091508     Document Type: Article

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