An efficient inversion algorithm for atmospheric remote sensing with application to UV limb observations

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 193-208

  Doicu, Adrian ^a   Schreier, Franz ^a   Hilgers, Siegfried ^a   von Bargen, Albrecht ^a   Slijkhuis, Sander ^a   Hess, Michael ^a   Aberle, Bernd ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric spectroscopy; Inverse problems; Nonlinear least squares; Regularization; Remote sensing; UV limb observations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTROSCOPY; NONLINEAR LEAST SQUARES; REGULARIZATION; UV LIMB OBSERVATIONS;

ALGORITHMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; REMOTE SENSING;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

ALGORITHM; ERROR ANALYSIS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33749529083     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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