Validation of FASCOD3 and MODTRAN3: Comparison of model calculations with ground-based and airborne interferometer observations under clear-sky conditions

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 30, 1996, Pages 6028-6040

  Wang, Jinxue ^a,c   Anderson, Gail P ^a   Revercomb, Henry E ^b   Knuteson, Robert O ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric radiation; Michelson interferometer; Radiative transfer; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SIGNATURE; INTERFEROMETER; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0030319626     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.006028     Document Type: Article

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