Matching radiative transfer models and radiosonde data from the EPS/Metop Sodankylä campaign to IASI measurements

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1177-1189

  Calbet, X ^a   Kivi, R ^b   Tjemkes, S ^a   Montagner, F ^a   Stuhlmann, R ^a  

^a EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; FROST; HUMIDITY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERPOLATION; NOISE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOSONDE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER VAPOR;

FINLAND; LAPPI [FINLAND]; SODANKYLA;

EID: 84857779144     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-1177-2011     Document Type: Article

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