The waves michelson interferometer: A visible/near-IR interferometer for observing middle atmosphere dynamics and constituents

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4540, Issue , 2001, Pages 100-111

  Ward, William E ^a   Gault, William A ^b   Shepherd, Gordon G ^b   Rowlands, Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c EMS Technologies Canada Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Interferometry; Middle atmosphere; Ozone; Remote sensing; Satellite observations; Temperature; Winds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BAND STRUCTURE; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

WAVES MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0035766207     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.450652     Document Type: Article

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