MARC: A code for the retrieval of atmospheric parameters from millimeter-wave limb measurements

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 476-491

  Carli, B ^a   Bazzini, G ^b   Castelli, E ^c   Cecchi Pestellini, C ^a,d   Del Bianco, S ^a   Dinelli, B M ^c   Gai, M ^b   Magnani, L ^c   Ridolfi, M ^e   Santurri, L ^a  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b ASPER   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Heterodyne instruments; Limb sounding; Remote sensing; Retrieval techniques

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

HETERODYNE INSTRUMENTS; LIMB-SOUNDING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SOFTWARE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 33847321955     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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