Retrieval of trace gases from aerosol-influenced infrared transmission spectra observed by low-spectral-resolution Fourier-transform spectrometers

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 455-466

  Uemura, Nobuyuki ^a   Kuriki, Satoshi ^b   Nobuta, Koji ^a   Yokota, Tatsuya ^c   Nakajima, Hideaki ^c   Sugita, Takafumi ^c   Sasano, Yasuhiro ^c  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED RADIATION; METHANE; MOLECULES; OPTIMIZATION; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRACE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY (ATMOS); ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMITTANCE; INFRARED TRANSMISSION SPECTA; SOLAR OCCULATION; TRACE GASES;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 12844272174     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.000455     Document Type: Article

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