Retrieval of outgoing longwave radiation from COMS narrowband infrared imagery

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 375-388

  Park, Myung Sook ^a,b   Ho, Chang Hoi ^a   Cho, Heeje ^a   Choi, Yong Sang ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cloud and Earth s Radiant Energy System; Communication Oceanography and Meteorological Satellite; outgoing longwave radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938299751     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-014-4013-7     Document Type: Article

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