Sensitivity of broad-band and spectral measurements of outgoing radiance to changes in water vapour content

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4485, Issue , 2002, Pages 181-190

  Rizzi, R ^a   Serio, C ^b,c   Amorati, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Universita della Basilicata ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOMETRY; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS; WATER;

BROAD BAND RADIANCE MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS; STANDARD ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036397915     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454250     Document Type: Article

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