Fast forward radiative transfer modeling of 4.3 μm nonlocal thermodynamic equilibrium effects for infrared temperature sounders

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  DeSouza Machado, Sergio G ^a   Strow, L L ^a   Hannon, S E ^a   Motteler, H E ^a   Lopez Puertas, M ^b   Funke, B ^b   Edwards, D P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; SOUNDING APPARATUS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; INFRARED TEMPERATURE SOUNDERS; NON LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; EQUILIBRIUM; NADIR; PROBE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 34548036955     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026684     Document Type: Article

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