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NOAA/NESDIS AIRS Emissivity Global Datasets

Data available
1. AIRS emissivity regression derived from 20 AIRS channels then interpolated to all wavelengths.
2. AIRS emissivity physical retrieved then interpolated to all wavelengths.
Developer
Mitchell Goldberg, Chris Barnet, Lihang Zhou, NOAA/NESDIS
Scientific documentation

M. D. Goldberg, Y. Qu, L. M. McMillin, W. Wolf, L. Zhou, and M. Divakarla (2004). AIRS Near-Real-Time Products and Algorithms in Support of Operational NumericalWeather Prediction. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, VOL. 41, NO. 2, 379-389.

L. Zhou, M. Goldberg, C. Barnet, C. Cheng, F. Sun, W. Wolf, T. King, X. Liu, H. Sun, M. Divalarla (2007). Regression of Surface Spectral Emissivity from Hyperspectral Instruments, submitted to IEEE special issues on remote sensing of the surface properties.

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How to access information
Send email to Chris Barnet (chris.barnet@noaa.gov)
Or Lihang Zhou (lihang.zhou@noaa.gov)
Format information
Binary. Reader can be provided if needed.
Date project began or when data was first available
Date information last updated and by whom
Date information last checked and by whom, and date for next check and by whom
Confirmed users of database
NESDIS, NRL, CIMMS