The CrIMSS EDR algorithm: Characterization, optimization, and validation

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4953-4977

  Divakarla, Murty ^a   Barnet, Christopher ^b   Liu, Xu ^c   Gu, Degui ^d   Wilson, Michael ^a   Kizer, Susan ^e   Xiong, Xiaozhen ^a   Maddy, Eric ^b   Ferraro, Ralph ^f   Knuteson, Robert ^g   Hagan, Denise ^d   Ma, Xia Lin ^d   Tan, Changyi ^a   Nalli, Nicholas ^a   Reale, Anthony ^f   Mollner, Andrew K ^h   Yang, Wenze ⁱ   Gambacorta, Antonia ^a   Feltz, Michelle ^g   Iturbide Sanchez, Flavio ^a   Sun, Bomin ^a   Goldberg, Mitch ^f   more..

^a IM Systems Group Inc   (United States)

^b SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHARACTERIZATION; INFRARED DEVICES; MICROWAVE ACOUSTICS; OPTIMIZATION; SOUNDING APPARATUS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MICROWAVE SOUNDERS; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; ATMS; CRIMSS; CRIS; EDR; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; INTERFACE DATA PROCESSING SEGMENTS;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

ALGORITHM; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOSONDE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84892489967     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020438     Document Type: Article

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