Validating IASI temperature and moisture sounding retrievals over East Asia using radiosonde observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1250-1262

  Kwon, Eun Han ^a   Sohn, B J ^a   Smith, William L ^b   Li, Jun ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE; CLOUDY CONDITIONS; DEGRADED PERFORMANCE; EAST ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; ERROR CHARACTERISTICS; INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING INTERFEROMETERS; MOISTURE PROFILES; MOISTURE SOUNDINGS; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICAL RETRIEVALS; RADIOSONDE DATAS; RETRIEVAL PERFORMANCE; RETRIEVAL PROCESS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; STATISTICAL BEHAVIOR; SURFACE EMISSIVITY; VARIABILITY PATTERNS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER VAPOR PROFILE;

INFORMATION SERVICES; MOISTURE; RADIOSONDES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; INTERFEROMETER; RADIOSONDE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84868290287     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00078.1     Document Type: Article

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