Understanding intersatellite biases of microwave humidity sounders using global simultaneous nadir overpasses

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  John, Viju O ^a   Holl, Gerrit ^b   Buehler, Stefan A ^b   Candy, Brett ^a   Saunders, Roger W ^a   Parker, David E ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MICROWAVE ACOUSTIC DEVICES; OVERPASSES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; FREQUENCY CHANGES; HUMIDITY SOUNDERS; INTERCALIBRATION; ORBITAL DRIFT; POLAR AREAS; POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITES; RADIOMETRIC NOISE; SCENE RADIANCE; TIME THRESHOLDS; TIME-DIFFERENCES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION; HUMIDITY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; NADIR; ORBITAL FORCING; PIXEL; POLAR REGION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84856606901     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016349     Document Type: Article

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