Path concentration profile reconstruction of optical remote sensing measurements using polynomial curve fitting procedures

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1879-1888

  Wu, Chang Fu ^a   Yost, Michael G ^a   Hashmonay, Ram A ^b   Tsai, Ming Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ARCADIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Air contaminant; Open path FTIR; Optical remote sensing; Polynomial fit; Spline

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHMS; CURVE FITTING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; POLYNOMIALS; SCANNING; THERMAL PLUMES;

OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING;

REMOTE SENSING;

NITROUS OXIDE; TRACER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING;

AIR POLLUTANT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037401398     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00083-9     Document Type: Article

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