Climatologies from satellite measurements: The impact of orbital sampling on the standard error of the mean

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 937-948

  Toohey, M ^a   Von Clarmann, T ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84882760052     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-937-2013     Document Type: Article

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