Optimal ATMS remapping algorithm for climate research

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 7290-7296

  Yang, Hu ^a   Zou, Xiaolei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU); Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS); remapping

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MICROWAVE ACOUSTICS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNITS; ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MICROWAVE SOUNDERS; ANTENNA TEMPERATURE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; REMAPPING; REMAPPING ALGORITHMS; RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT;

SOUNDING APPARATUS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAPPING; PIXEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 84902074325     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2014.2310702     Document Type: Article

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