Novel spectrograph/radiometer for cloud top height measurement using three complementary techniques

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3221, Issue , 1997, Pages 365-371

  Park, Hongwoo ^a   Soulen, Peter F ^a,b   Prasad, Coorg R ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c Science and Engineering Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud; Fraunhofer line filling in effect; IR; Molecular oxygen; Radiometer; Ring effect; Spectrograph; UV

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTRA; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; OXYGEN; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SENSORS; SPECTROGRAPHS;

BANDPASS; COMPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES; FIRST ORDERS; FRAUNHOFER LINE FILLING-IN EFFECT; GRATING SPECTROGRAPHS; HEIGHT MEASUREMENTS; INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS; IR; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; RING EFFECT; SECOND ORDERS; SPACE USING; TECHNIQUES USES; THERMAL INFRARED; UV; ZEROTH ORDERS;

MOLECULAR OXYGEN;

EID: 0005446047     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.298103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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