Thermodynamic product retrieval methodology and validation for NAST-I

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 33, 2002, Pages 6957-6967

  Zhou, Daniel K ^a   Smith, William L ^a   Li, Jun ^b   Howell, Hugh B ^b   Cantwell, Greg W ^c   Larar, Allen M ^a   Knuteson, Robert O ^b   Tobin, David C ^b   Revercomb, Henry E ^b   Mango, Stephen A ^d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Integrated Program Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; INTERFEROMETERS; SCANNING;

CROSS-TRACK SCANNING;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 0037146131     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.006957     Document Type: Article

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