An evaluation of the uncertainty of the GSICS SEVIRI-IASI intercalibration products

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1171-1181

  Hewison, Tim J ^a  

^a EUMETSAT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calibration; Earth Observing System; infrared (IR) image sensors; measurement uncertainty; meteorology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM IMPROVEMENTS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLEAR SKY; COLD CLOUDS; COVERAGE FACTORS; CROSS CALIBRATION; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; ERROR BUDGETS; GEOSTATIONARY IMAGERS; GUIDE TO THE EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEASUREMENTS; INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING INTERFEROMETERS; INFRARED CHANNEL; INFRARED IMAGES; INTERCALIBRATION; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; METEOSAT; QUALITY INDICATORS; REFERENCE INSTRUMENTS; SPACE-BASED; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES;

ALGORITHMS; METEOROLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLEAR SKY; EOS; ERROR CORRECTION; INFRARED IMAGERY; METEOROLOGY; METEOSAT; SEVIRI; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84874648041     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2236330     Document Type: Article

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