Construction of stratospheric temperature data records from stratospheric sounding units

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2931-2946

  Wang, Likun ^a   Zou, Cheng Zhi ^b   Qian, Haifeng ^c  

^a Dell Services Federal Government   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^c IM Systems Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate records; Remote sensing; Temperature; Trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; BIAS CORRECTION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CHANNEL OBSERVATIONS; CLIMATE RECORD; DATA RECORDS; DATA SETS; GAS LEAKS; GRID RESOLUTION; ORBITAL DRIFT; PATTERN ANALYSIS; POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITES; SPATIAL TRENDS; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TRENDS; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE; VIEWING ANGLE; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA PROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SATELLITES; TEMPERATURE;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; NOAA SATELLITE; REMOTE SENSING; STRATOSPHERE; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859941645     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00350.1     Document Type: Article

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