Title: Meteorological measurements from satellites
1Meteorological measurements from satellites
2The electromagnetic spectrum
3Planck function
4Solar and terrestrial radiation
5Radiation and the atmosphere
Kiehl and Trenberth, BAMS, 1997
6Terrestrial and solar spectra after passing
through the earths atmosphere
from Houghton
7Terrestrial spectrum from space
from Houghton
8Atmospheric absorption
windows
from Hartmann
9Outgoing longwave radiation
10Celestial coordinate system
from Kidder and Vonder Haar
11Satellite subpoint
from Kidder and Vonder Haar
12Sun-synchronous orbit
from Kidder and Vonder Haar
13Sun-synchronous orbital path
from Kidder and Vonder Haar
14Sunsynchronous scanner daily coverage (e.g. AVHRR)
from Kidder and Vonder Haar
15Visible imagery
16Smoke and clouds (visible)
17IR physical measurements (SST)
18Microwave transmittance