A sensitivity study on spectroscopic parameter accuracies for a mm/sub-mm limb sounder instrument

Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 266-275

  Verdes, C L ^a   Buehler, S A ^a   Perrin, A ^b   Flaud, J M ^b   Demaison, J ^c   Wlodarczak, G ^c   Colmont, J M ^c   Cazzoli, G ^d   Puzzarini, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Database; Error analysis; Remote sensing; Retrieval; Spectroscopic parameters; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; OPTIMAL ESTIMATION EMTHOD (OEM); RETRIEVAL; SPECTROSCOPIC PARAMETERS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEAT RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; REMOTE SENSING;

SOUNDING APPARATUS;

EID: 10844250106     PISSN: 00222852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jms.2004.09.014     Document Type: Article

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