TES on the aura mission: Scientific objectives, measurements, and analysis overview

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1102-1105

  Beer, Reinhard ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Fourier spectroscopy; Infrared spectroscopy; Ozone; Remote sensing; Terrestrial atmosphere

Indexed keywords

FOURIER SPECTROSCOPY; GREENHOUSE GASES; TROPOSPHERIC EMISSION SPECTROMETER (TES); WATER VAPOR;

CARBON MONOXIDE; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INFRARED IMAGING; METHANE; OZONE; SPECTROMETERS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 33646412098     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.863716     Document Type: Article

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