Discrepancies between MODIS and ISCCP land surface temperature products analyzed with microwave measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Moncet, Jean Luc ^a   Liang, Pan ^a   Lipton, Alan E ^a   Galantowicz, John F ^a   Prigent, Catherine ^b  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AQUA SPACECRAFTS; CLOUD ANALYSIS; INFRARED MEASUREMENTS; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LOCAL TIME; MEASUREMENT TIME; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITES; SECONDARY PRODUCT;

ATMOSPHERICS;

AMSR-E; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MODIS; POLAR METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SPACECRAFT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80755126984     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015432     Document Type: Article

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