A physical method for the calibration of the AVHRR/3 thermal IR channels. Part II: An in-orbit comparison of the AVHRR longwave thermal IR channels on board metop-A with IASI

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1072-1087

  Mittaz, Jonathan ^a   Harris, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE SOUNDING; CALIBRATION ALGORITHM; CLIMATE VARIABLES; GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEMS; HIGH STANDARDS; IN-ORBIT; LONG WAVES; METOP-A; PHYSICAL METHODS; PHYSICALLY BASED; SATELLITE SENSORS; SCAN ANGLE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEST ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL IR; ZENITH ANGLE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ORBITS; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CALIBRATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; AVHRR; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; NADIR; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL INFRARED MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; TREND ANALYSIS; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 82655171922     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JTECHA1517.1     Document Type: Article

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