Towards a bias correction of the AVHRR Pathfinder SST data from 1985 to 1998 using ATSR

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 116, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-125

  O'Carroll, Anne G ^a   Blackmore, Thomas ^a   Fennig, Karsten ^a   Saunders, Roger W ^a   Millington, Sarah ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AATSR special issue; ATSR; AVHRR; Pathfinder; Sea surface temperature; SST

Indexed keywords

AATSR SPECIAL ISSUE; ATSR; AVHRR; PATHFINDER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SST;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DATA PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTS; OZONE; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VOLCANOES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER; AVHRR; CALIBRATION; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; ERROR CORRECTION; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TOMS; VOLCANIC AEROSOL;

PINATUBO;

EID: 82955232934     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

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