Significant advances in the AIRS Science Team Version-6 retrieval algorithm

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8510, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Susskind, Joel ^a   Blaisdell, John ^a   Iredell, Lena ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIRS AMSU; Cloud cleared radiances; High spectral resolution IR sounders; IR sounding in cloudy conditions; Quality Control; Retrieval methodology

Indexed keywords

CLOUD CLEARINGS; CLOUD-CLEARED RADIANCE; CLOUDY CONDITIONS; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; INITIAL STATE; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; RETRIEVAL METHODOLOGY; RETRIEVAL PROCEDURES; SPECTRAL EMISSIVITY; SURFACE SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; INFRARED DEVICES; QUALITY CONTROL;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84872576632     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.929953     Document Type: Conference Paper

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