Moliere (v5): A versatile forward- and inversion model for the millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelength range

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 529-554

  Urban, J ^a   Baron, P ^a   Lautie N ^a   Schneider, N ^a   Dassas, K ^a   Ricaud, P ^a   De La Noe J ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Limb sounding; Microwave radiometry; Millimeter and sub millimeter wavelengths; Radiative transfer modeling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH (PLANET); HETERODYNING; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER;

EID: 0344120250     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(03)00104-3     Document Type: Article

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