The CM SAF SSM/I-based total column water vapour climate data record: Methods and evaluation against re-analyses and satellite

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 765-775

  Schroder M ^a   Jonas, M ^a,d   Lindau, R ^b   Schulz, J ^c   Fennig, K ^a  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^d LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; METEOSAT; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; SAPROPEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRMM; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84882738887     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-765-2013     Document Type: Article

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