Multi sensor validation and error characteristics of Arctic satellite sea surface temperature observations

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 121, Issue , 2012, Pages 335-346

  Høyer, Jacob L ^a   Karagali, Ioanna ^b   Dybkjær, Gorm ^a   Tonboe, Rasmus ^a  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; Error characteristics; Marginal ice zone; SST; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ERROR CHARACTERISTICS; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; SST; VALIDATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS; INFRARED DETECTORS; RADIOMETERS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER; AMSR-E; AQUA (SATELLITE); AVHRR; BUOY SYSTEM; CLOUD COVER; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; ELEVATION; ENVISAT-1; ERROR ANALYSIS; ICE FIELD; INFRARED IMAGERY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84858743014     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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