Cloud identification in atmospheric trace molecule spectroscopy infrared occultation measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 2768-2780

  Kahn, Brian H ^a   Eldering, Annmarie ^a,b   Irion, Fredrick W ^b   Mills, Franklin P ^b   Sen, Bhaswar ^b   Gunson, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRACE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY (ATMOS); CLOUD IDENTIFICATIONS;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 0037140588     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.002768     Document Type: Article

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