Evaluation of errors from neglecting polarization in the forward modeling of O2 A band measurements from space, with relevance to CO2 column retrieval from polarization-sensitive instruments

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-259

  Natraj, Vijay ^a   Spurr, Robert J D ^b   Boesch, Hartmut ^c   Jiang, Yibo ^c   Yung, Yuk L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RT Solutions Inc   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Errors; Intensity; O2 A band; OCO; Polarization; Reflected; Top of the atmosphere

Indexed keywords

BAND MEASUREMENTS; COLUMN RETRIEVAL; INTENSITY; POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE INSTRUMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; OXYGEN; PHOTONS; REFLECTION; TABLE LOOKUP; VECTORS;

POLARIZATION;

ERROR ANALYSIS; FORWARD MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

LAMBERTIA;

EID: 33750026465     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2006.02.073     Document Type: Article

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