Correcting diurnal cycle aliasing in satellite microwave humidity sounder measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-113

  Kottayil, Ajil ^a   John, Viju O ^b   Buehler, Stefan A ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diurnal cycle of humidity; orbital drift correction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY SENSORS; MICROWAVE ACOUSTIC DEVICES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-B; DIURNAL CYCLE; HUMIDITY MEASUREMENTS; LONG TERM DATA RECORD; ORBITAL DRIFT; POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

SATELLITES;

AIR SAMPLING; AMPLITUDE; AMSU; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; HUMIDITY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; NOAA SATELLITE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

METOPA;

EID: 84877975158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018545     Document Type: Article

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