Direct retrieval of stratospheric CO2 infrared cooling rate profiles from AIRS data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Feldman, D R ^a   Liou, K N ^b   Yung, Y L ^a   Tobin, D C ^c   Berk, A ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d SPECTRAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; INTERFEROMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDER (AIRS); RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SCANNING HIGH-RESOLUTION INTERFEROMETER SOUNDER; STRATOSPHERIC COOLING; THERMAL INFRARED COOLING RATE;

METEOROLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COOLING; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 33746434429     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024680     Document Type: Article

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