Combining ground-based with satellite-based measurements in the atmospheric state retrieval: Assessment of the information content

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 6940-6956

  Ebell, K ^a   Orlandi, E ^a   Hunerbein A ^b   Lohnert U ^a   Crewell, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

information content; infrared; microwave; remote sensing; synergy; tropospheric profiling

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPACE OPTICS; TROPOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; HOMOGENEOUS ATMOSPHERES; INFORMATION CONTENTS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; SYNERGY; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES; TROPOSPHERIC PROFILING;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HOMOGENEITY; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84880910195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50548     Document Type: Article

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