Accurate modeling of spectral fine-structure in Earth radiance spectra measured with the global ozone monitoring experiment

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-252

  Van Deelen, Rutger ^a   Hasekamp, Otto P ^a   Landgraf, Jochen ^a  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OZONE; REFLECTION; SPECTROMETERS;

GLOBAL OZONE MONITORING EXPERIMENT (GOME); SOLAR IRRADIANCE; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SPECTRAL GRIDS;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EID: 33847284405     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.000243     Document Type: Article

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