Limb scatter ozone profiling sensor for the NPOESS Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4891, Issue , 2002, Pages 13-21

  Leitch, J W ^a   Rodriguez, J V ^a   Dittman, M ^a   Frazier, D ^a   McComas, B ^a   Philbrick, R ^a   Wasinger, D ^a   Valle, T ^a   Dixon, T ^a   Dooley, D ^a   Munzer, R ^a   Larsen, J ^b  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Limb Profile; NPOESS; OMPS; Ozone

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL SENSORS; ORBITS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

OZONE PROFILING SENSORS;

OZONE LAYER;

EID: 0041729195     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467527     Document Type: Conference Paper

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