Pressure sounding of the middle atmosphere from ATMOS solar occultation measurements of atmospheric CO2 absorption line

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2810-2820

  Abram, M C ^a   Gunson, M R ^a   Lowe, L L ^a   Rinsland, C P ^b   Zander, R ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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EID: 0041179720     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.002810     Document Type: Article

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