Application of principal component analysis to high spectral resolution radiative transfer: A case study of the O2 A band

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 539-556

  Natraj, Vijay ^a   Jiang, Xun ^a   Shia, Run Lie ^a   Huang, Xianglei ^b   Margolis, Jack S ^c   Yung, Yuk L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RSA Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical orthogonal function; O2 A band; Principal component analysis; Radiative transfer; Remote sensing; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXYGEN; RADIATION; REMOTE SENSING;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSION; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION RADIATIVE TRANSFER; MAGNITUDE; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE (TOA);

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 18844397338     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2004.12.024     Document Type: Article

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