A sight for sore eyes: The return of true color to geostationary satellites

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1803-1816

  Miller, Steven D ^a   Schmit, Timothy L ^b   Seaman, Curtis J ^a   Lindsey, Daniel T ^c   Gunshor, Mathew M ^d   Kohrs, Richard A ^d   Sumida, Yasuhiko ^e   Hillger, Donald ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR)   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY;

GEO-STATIONARY ORBITS; NOCV1; TRUE COLOR IMAGERIES; TRUE COLORS;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

EID: 84999084556     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00154.1     Document Type: Article

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