Infrared continuum water vapor absorption coefficients derived from satellite data

Applied Optics

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 1991, Pages 2929-2934

  Barton, Ian J ^a  

^a CSIRO MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuum absorption; Infrared absorption; Satellite infrared measurements; Water vapor absorption

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003335968     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.30.002929     Document Type: Article

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