Version 2 total ozone mapping spectrometer ultraviolet algorithm: Problems and enhancements

Optical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3028-3039

  Krotkov, Nickolay ^a,b   Herman, Jay ^b   Bhartia, Pawan K ^b   Seftor, Colln ^c   Arola, Antti ^d   Kaurola, Jussi ^d   Kalliskota, Sari ^d   Taalas, Petteri ^d   Geogdzhaev, Igor V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Clouds; Radiative transfer models; Snow albedo; TOMS; UV irradiance

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; OZONE; PHOTOMAPPING; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SENSORS; SPECTROMETERS;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0036980265     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1519541     Document Type: Article

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