Shape-dependent regularization for the retrieval of atmospheric state parameter profiles

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1000-1009

  Steinwagner, Jörg ^a   Schwarz, Gottfried ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

CHOLESKY DECOMPOSITION; LEAST-SQUARES COMPUTATIONS; REGULARIZATION FUNCTIONALS; STATE PARAMETER;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 33645133785     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.001000     Document Type: Article

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