Algorithms for estimation of air-specific humidity using TMI data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 7413-7430

  Iwasaki, Shinsuke ^a   Kubota, Masahisa ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUMINANCE; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; COMPREHENSIVE OCEAN ATMOSPHERE DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ALGORITHMS; IN-SITU DATA; MICROWAVE IMAGERS; POLARIZED RADIATION; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

RAIN GAGES;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; TRMM;

EID: 84863835471     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.685974     Document Type: Article

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