1D-Var retrieval of daytime total columnar water vapour from MERIS measurements

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 631-646

  Lindstrot, R ^a   Preusker, R ^a   Diedrich, H ^a   Doppler, L ^a   Bennartz, R ^b   Fischer, J ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; DATA SET; ENVISAT-1; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORWARD MODELING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MERIS; PIXEL; SCATTERING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRANSMITTANCE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84868034405     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-631-2012     Document Type: Article

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