Method and results for optimizing the MOPITT methane bandpass

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 4285-4291

  Smith, Mark W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandpass; Gas correlation; Methane; Mopitt; Radiometry; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0031402386     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.004285     Document Type: Article

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