Non-equilibrium radiative transfer in structured atmospheres

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4539, Issue , 2002, Pages 454-468

  Picard, Richard H ^a   Winick, J R ^a   Wintersteiner, P P ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARCON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric structure; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; REMOTE SENSING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EID: 0036395498     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454465     Document Type: Article

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