Tangent height registration for the solar occultation satellite sensor ILAS: A new technique for Version 5.20 products

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 24, 2002, Pages

  Nakajima, H ^a   Suzuki, M ^a,b   Yokota, T ^a   Sugita, T ^a   Itou, Y ^c   Kaji, M ^c   Araki, N ^d   Waragai, K ^d   Yamashita, H ^d   Kanzawa, H ^a   Sasano, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^d PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

0394 Atmospheric composition and structure: Instruments and techniques; 1640 Global change: Remote sensing; 1694 Global change: Instruments and techniques

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIGHT EXTINCTION; MIXING; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; ALGORITHM; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; FIELD OF VIEW; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; SATELLITE SENSOR; SPECTROMETER; STRATOSPHERE; TRANSMITTANCE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 33751266048     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000607     Document Type: Article

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