Characteristics and performance of the Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer (ILAS) in orbit

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 24, 2002, Pages

  Nakajima, H ^a   Suzuki, M ^a,b   Matsuzaki, A ^c   Ishigaki, T ^d   Waragai, K ^d   Mogi, Y ^d   Kimura, N ^d   Araki, N ^d   Yokota, T ^a   Kanzawa, H ^a   Sugita, T ^a   Sasano, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (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

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITION; COMPUTATION THEORY; OZONE; SENSORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

ADEOS; AEROSOL; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; FIELD OF VIEW; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METHANE; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE; SATELLITE SENSOR; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPECTROMETER; TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33751285735     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001439     Document Type: Article

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