Trade-off studies of a hyperspectral infrared sounder on a geostationary satellite

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 200-209

  Wang, Fang ^a,b   Li, Jun ^b   Schmit, Timothy J ^c   Ackerman, Steven A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University's Cooperative Institute of Meteorological Studies   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INTERFEROMETERS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DATA DENSITY METHOD; HYPERSPECTRAL INFRARED (IR) SOUNDERS; MICROWAVE SOUNDERS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 33847270090     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.000200     Document Type: Article

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