Synergistic multi-wavelength remote sensing versus a posteriori combination of retrieved products: Application for the retrieval of atmospheric profiles using MetOp-A

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Aires, F ^a,b,c,d   Aznay, O ^d   Prigent, C ^c   Paul, M ^a   Bernardo, F ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b Estellus ^*  (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; VAPORS; DATA FUSION; INFRARED RADIATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

CORRELATION STRUCTURE; INVERSION SCHEME; METOP-A; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; MULTIPLE SATELLITES; MULTIWAVELENGTH; POSTERIORI; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; RETRIEVAL OF ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE; RETRIEVAL PROCESS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TRAINING DATA SETS; WEIGHTED AVERAGING; SYNERGY;

WAVELENGTH;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION; DATA SET; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SYNERESIS; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH; METOP-A;

EID: 84867031433     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017188     Document Type: Article

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