Validation of the AIRS radiative transfer algorithm using ECMWF datafields

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4882, Issue , 2002, Pages 90-99

  Strow, L Larrabee ^a   Hannon, Scott E ^a   De Souza Machado, S ^a   Motteler, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; INFRARED RADIATION; METEOROLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

HUMIDITY SOUNDERS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0043232819     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.463019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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