Tomographic retrieval of atmospheric parameters from infrared limb emission observations

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3291-3301

  Steck, Tilman ^a   Höpfner, Michael ^a   Von Clarmann, Thomas ^a   Grabowski, Udo ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; MAPPING; MICROWAVES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPECTROMETERS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ATMOPHERIC PARAMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC CARTOGRAPHY; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

EID: 20544449965     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.003291     Document Type: Article

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