Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS) Experiment Version 3 data retrievals

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 33, 2002, Pages 6968-6979

  Irion, Fredrick W ^a   Gunson, Michael R ^a   Toon, Geoff C ^a   Chang, Albert Y ^a   Eldering, Annmarie ^a,b   Mahieu, Emmanuel ^c   Manney, Gloria L ^a,d   Michelsen, Hope A ^e   Moyer, Elizabeth J ^f,g   Newchurch, Michael J ^h,i   Osterman, Gregory B ^a   Rinsland, Curtis P ^j   Salawitch, Ross J ^a   Sen, Bhaswar ^a   Yung, Yuk L ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE SHUTTLES;

ATMOSPHERIC TRACE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY (ATMOS);

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EID: 0037146128     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.006968     Document Type: Article

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