Measurements of atmospheric brightness temperature fluctuations and their implications on passive remote sensing

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 8781-8800

  Ben David, Avishai ^a   Holland, Stephen K ^b   Laufer, Gabriel ^b   Baker, Jason D ^b  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

AIRBORNE CHEMICALS; CLOUDY DAYS; SENSOR NOISE LEVELS; SPECTRAL COHERENCE;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 27544493553     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.008781     Document Type: Article

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