Estimating sampling biases and measurement uncertainties of AIRS/AMSU-A temperature and water vapor observations using MERRA reanalysis

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2725-2741

  Hearty, Thomas J ^a   Savtchenko, Andrey ^a   Tian, Baijun ^b   Fetzer, Eric ^b   Yung, Yuk L ^c   Theobald, Michael ^a   Vollmer, Bruce ^a   Fishbein, Evan ^b   Won, Young In ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION; INSTRUMENTS; SAMPLING; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; COMBINED MEASUREMENTS; LONGITUDINAL VARIATIONS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MERRA; MICROWAVE SOUNDING; MID-LATITUDE STORMS; RESEARCH APPLICATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRS; AMSU; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; SAMPLING BIAS; STORM; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84898780806     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021205     Document Type: Article

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