Stratospheric temperature climate data record from merged SSU and AMSU-A observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1967-1984

  Zou, Cheng Zhi ^a   Qian, Haifeng ^b  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b Earth Resources Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Climate change; Climate records; Microwave observations; Observational techniques and algorithms; Physical Meteorology and Climatology; Satellite observations; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ORBITS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; SOUNDING APPARATUS; TEMPERATURE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-A; CLIMATE RECORD; GLOBAL-MEAN TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; AMSU; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATOLOGY; NOAA SATELLITE; OZONE DEPLETION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 84992417317     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0018.1     Document Type: Article

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