Using MetOp-A AVHRR clear-sky measurements to Cloud-Clear MetOp-A IASI column radiances

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1104-1116

  Maddy, Eric S ^a   King, Thomas S ^a   Sun, Haibing ^a   Wolf, Walter W ^b   Barnet, Christopher D ^b   Heidinger, Andrew ^b   Cheng, Zhaohui ^b   Goldberg, Mitchell D ^b   Gambacorta, Antonia ^a   Zhang, Chen ^a   Zhang, Kexin ^a  

^a Dell Inc   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clouds; Quality assurance control; Remote sensing; Satellite observations; Soundings

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNITS; CLOUD-CLEAR; CLOUD-CLEARED RADIANCE; CLOUD-CLEARING ALGORITHM; DATA SETS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING INTERFEROMETERS; METOP-A; MODEL SURFACE; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARED; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOUNDINGS; SUB PIXELS; SURFACE SKIN TEMPERATURE; ZERO BIAS;

CLOUDS; REMOTE SENSING;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALGORITHM; AVHRR; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD COVER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETER; PIXEL; RADIANCE; SATELLITE DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80455155544     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-10-05045.1     Document Type: Article

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