Refractive sounding by use of satellite solar occultation measurements including an assessment of its usefulness to the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment Program

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 36, 1998, Pages 8306-8317

  Ward, Dale M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR ENERGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

REFRACTIVE SOUNDING; SATELLITE SOLAR OCCULTATION MEASUREMENTS; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOL; TRACE SPECIES;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 0032553823     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.008306     Document Type: Article

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