Globally Gridded Satellite observations for climate studies

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 893-907

  Knapp, Kenneth R ^a   Ansari, Steve ^a   Bain, Caroline L ^b,k   Bourassa, Mark A ^c   Dickinson, Michael J ^d,l   Funk, Chris ^e   Helms, Chip N ^c,f   Hennon, Christopher C ^f   Holmes, Christopher D ^g   Huffman, George J ^h   Kossin, James P ^a   Lee, Hai Tien ⁱ   Loew, Alexander ^j   Magnusdottir, Gudrun ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e USGS Center for Earth Resource Observations and Science   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^k MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^l WeatherPredict Consulting   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLIMATE ANALYSIS; CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS; CLIMATE STUDIES; CURRENT DATA; DATA OWNERSHIP; DATA RECORDS; FOOD SECURITY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; WEATHER DATA;

DATA HANDLING; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METEOROLOGY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 80051708727     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011BAMS3039.1     Document Type: Article

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