Inversion for atmospheric thermodynamical parameters of IASI data in the principal components space

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 662, 2012, Pages 103-117

  Masiello, G ^a   Serio, C ^a   Antonelli, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimensionality reduction; Infrared; Inverse methodology; Ozone; Remote sensing; Satellite; Temperature; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; DATA RATES; DATA SPACE; DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION; EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING INTERFEROMETERS; INVERSE APPROACH; INVERSE METHODOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; REDUCTION OF DIMENSIONALITY; RETRIEVAL PROCESS; SPACE-BASED; SPARSE CHANNELS; SPECTRAL COVERAGE; SPECTRAL RADIANCE; THERMODYNAMICAL PARAMETERS; TRANSMISSION BANDWIDTH;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPANSION; INFRARED RADIATION; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; TEMPERATURE;

WATER VAPOR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFEROMETER; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPECTRUM; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84856209136     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.909     Document Type: Article

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