A variational method to inverse the radiative transfer equation: Application to thermal sounding of atmospheres of giant planets

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-15

  Ben Abdallah, Philippe ^a  

^a ENSMA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PLANETS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

CONVOLUTION TYPE; GIANT PLANETS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATIONS; SCATTERING MEDIUM; SMOOTHING METHODS; VARIATIONAL ALGORITHMS; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0347656722     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(97)00164-7     Document Type: Article

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