Suomi NPP CrIS measurements, sensor data record algorithm, calibration and validation activities, and record data quality

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 12,734-12,748

  Han, Yong ^a   Revercomb, Henry ^b   Cromp, Mike ^c   Gu, Degui ^d   Johnson, David ^e   Mooney, Daniel ^f   Scott, Deron ^g   Strow, Larrabee ^h   Bingham, Gail ^g   Borg, Lori ^b   Chen, Yong ⁱ   Deslover, Daniel ^b   Esplin, Mark ^g   Hagan, Denise ^d   Jin, Xin ^j   Knuteson, Robert ^b   Motteler, Howard ^h   Predina, Joe ^c   Suwinski, Lawrence ^c   Taylor, Joe ^b   Tobin, David ^b   Tremblay, Denis ^j   Wang, Chunming ^d   Wang, Lihong ^d   Wang, Likun ⁱ   Zavyalov, Vladimir ^g   more..

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Exelis Inc   (United States)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g Space Dynamics Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^j Earth Resources Technology Inc   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

calibration; CrIS; CrIS SDR; JPSS; Suomi NPP; validation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; INTERFEROMETRY; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; SENSORS; SOUNDING APPARATUS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVES;

CRIS; CRIS SDR; JPSS; SUOMI NPP; VALIDATION;

INFRARED DEVICES;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; FIELD OF VIEW; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 84890491154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020344     Document Type: Article

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