Atmospheric parameters retrieved from CRISTA measurements in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4539, Issue , 2002, Pages 406-417

  Grossmann, Klaus U ^a   Gusev, Oleg ^a   Kaufmann, Martin ^a   Kutepov, Alexander A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b Physics Department   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infrared emission; Non LTE; PMC; Retrieval; Temperatures; Trace gases

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; TROPOSPHERE;

POLAR MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EID: 0036401480     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454460     Document Type: Article

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