Spaceborne estimate of atmospheric CO2column by use of the differential absorption method: Error analysis

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3595-3609

  Dufour, Emmanuel ^a   Bréon, François Marie ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0038379728     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.003595     Document Type: Article

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