Retrieval of atmospheric profiles from satellite sounder measurements by use of the discrepancy principle

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 916-923

  Li, Jun ^a   Huang, Hung Lung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0000076994     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.000916     Document Type: Article

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