MODTRAN-based retrieval of column water vapor from solar transmittance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5546, Issue , 2004, Pages 115-125

  Laurent, Mélanie ^a   Thome, Kurtis ^a   Cattrall, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Modified Langley approach; MODTRAN; Solar transmittance; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; MODIFIED LANGLEY APPROACH; MODTRAN; SOLAR TRANSMITTANCE; WATER VAPOR;

ABSORPTION; DATA ACQUISITION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VAPORS; WATER;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 15844399340     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.559958     Document Type: Conference Paper

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