Vertical profiles of aerosol volume from high-spectral-resolution infrared transmission measurements. I. Methodology

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 3082-3091

  Eldering, Annmarie ^a,b   Irion, Fredrick W ^a   Chang, Albert Y ^a   Gunson, Michael R ^a   Mills, Franklin P ^a   Steele, Helen M ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

OPTICAL CONSTANTS;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 0001560366     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.003082     Document Type: Article

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