Consistency assessment of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder and Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer radiances: Double differences versus simultaneous nadir overpasses

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Likun ^a,b   Goldberg, Mitch ^b   Wu, Xiangqian ^b   Cao, Changyong ^b   Iacovazzi Jr , Robert A ^b   Yu, Fangfang ^b   Li, Yaping ^b  

^a DELL INC   (United States)

^b NOAA/NESDIS/STAR ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INFRARED DEVICES; INTERFEROMETERS; OVERPASSES; SOUNDING APPARATUS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; BROADBAND SATELLITES; CENTRAL WAVELENGTH; CLIMATE DATA RECORDS; DOUBLE DIFFERENCES; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING INTERFEROMETERS; INFRARED CHANNEL; NARROW BANDS; POLAR REGIONS;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

CALIBRATION; GOES; NADIR; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 79958795065     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014988     Document Type: Article

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