Assessments of F16 Special Sensor Microwave Imager and Sounder Antenna Temperatures at Lower Atmospheric Sounding Channels

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="420985.fig.008a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2009/420985/figures/420985.fig.008a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>SSMIS observations-simulations at 54.4 GHz, 2006-03-20</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="420985.fig.008b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2009/420985/figures/420985.fig.008b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>SSMIS observations-simulations at 55.5 GHz, 2006-03-20</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Global distribution of antenna temperature bias between SSMIS TDR measurements and radiative transfer simulations  on March 20, 2006 for (a) 54.4 GHz, and (b) 55.5 GHz.</table>

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Figure 8: Assessments of F16 Special Sensor Microwave Imager and Sounder Antenna Temperatures at Lower Atmospheric Sounding Channels 