Mid-infrared measurements of the atmospheric emission over the south pole using a radiometrically calibrated fourier transform spectrometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1523-1530

  Van Allen, Renate ^a   Murcray, Frank J ^a   Liu, Xu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Atmospheric emission; Infrared spectra; Interferometry; Radiometry; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; FOURIER TRANSFORM; INFRARED; INTERFEROMETRY; RADIOMETER; SPECTROMETER; WATER VAPOUR;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH POLE;

EID: 0030439027     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.001523     Document Type: Article

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