Off-axis measurements of atmospheric trace gases by use of an airborne ultraviolet–visible spectrometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 27, 2002, Pages 5593-5599

  Petritoli, Andrea ^a   Ravegnani, Fabrizio ^a   Giovanelli, Giorgio ^a   Bortoli, Daniele ^a   Bonafè, Ubaldo ^a   Kostadinov, Ivan ^a,b   Oulanovsky, Alexey ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SOLAR TERRESTRIAL INFLUENCES LABORATORY   (Bulgaria)

^c CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; GEOPHYSICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONOCHROMATORS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TRACE ANALYSIS;

TRACE GASES;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0037144820     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.005593     Document Type: Article

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