Assessment of shortwave infrared sea surface reflection and nonlocal thermodynamic equilibrium effects in the community radiative transfer model using IASI data

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2152-2160

  Chen, Yong ^a   Han, Yong ^b   Delst, Paul Van ^c,d   Weng, Fuzhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service   (United States)

^c IMSG   (United States)

^d Joint Center for Satellite and Data Assimilation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; COMMUNITY RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING INTERFEROMETERS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; SEA SURFACE REFLECTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SURFACE WATERS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; IASI; INFRARED RADIATION; NADIR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFLECTIVITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84884921835     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00267.1     Document Type: Article

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