Remote sensing of the mesospheric temperature profile from close-to-nadir observations: Discussion about the capabilities of the 57.5-62.5 GHz frequency band and the 118.75 GHz single O2 line

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 559-571

  Pardo, J R ^a,e,f   Gerin M ^b   Prigent, C ^a,f   Cernicharo, J ^c   Rochard, G ^d   Brunel, P ^d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^d MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^e IGN Observ Astron Nacional   (Spain)

^f NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; MESOSPHERE; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 0032462992     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(97)00235-5     Document Type: Article

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