Climatological diurnal cycles in clear-sky brightness temperatures from the high-resolution infrared radiation sounder (HIRS)

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1199-1205

  Lindfors, Anders V ^a,b   Mackenzie, Ian A ^a   Tett, Simon F B ^a   Shi, Lei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Humidity; Infrared radiation; Satellite observations; Soundings; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; DIURNAL CYCLE; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOUNDINGS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; FOURIER SERIES; INFRARED RADIATION; LUMINANCE; TEMPERATURE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATOLOGY; DIURNAL VARIATION; HUMIDITY; INFRARED RADIATION; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NOAA SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 82955172937     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00093.1     Document Type: Article

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