A closer look at the ABI on the goes-r series

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 681-698

  Schmit, Timothy J ^a   Griffith, Paul ^b   Gunshor, Mathew M ^c   Daniels, Jaime M ^d   Goodman, Steven J ^e   Lebair, William J ^f  

^a NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research   (United States)

^b Harris Corporation ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY;

SPACE SCALE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 85013639776     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00230.1     Document Type: Article

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