Fast radiative-transfer model based on the correlated k-distribution method for a high-resolution satellite sounder

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 34, 2004, Pages 6304-6312

  Mano, Yuzo ^a   Ishimoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDER (AIRS); RADIATIVE-TRANSFER MODEL; REGRESSION EQUATIONS; SATELLITE SOUNDER;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

EID: 10644242680     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.006304     Document Type: Article

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