OMPS total column algorithm performance: Comparison to TOMS and to NPOESS requirements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4891, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-12

  Seftor, C J ^a   Larsen, J C ^a   Swissler, T J ^b   Rodriguez, J V ^b   Remund, Q ^b   Jaross, G ^b   Wellemeyer, C G ^b  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b Raytheon ITSS ^*

Author keywords

Algorithm; NPOESS; OMPS; Ozone; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; OPTICAL SENSORS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENT (OMI);

OZONE LAYER;

EID: 0041401741     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.466109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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