Retrieval of atmospheric-temperature and water-vapor profiles by use of combined satellite and ground-based infrared spectral-radiance measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 4057-4069

  Ho, Shu Peng ^a   Smith, William L ^b   Huang, Hung Lung ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETERS; RADIOMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIANCE INTERFEROMETERS (AERI);

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EID: 0037055179     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.004057     Document Type: Article

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