Measurements of the O2A - and B-bands for determining temperature and pressure profiles from ACE-MAESTRO: Forward model and retrieval algorithm

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-388

  Nowlan, C R ^a   McElroy, C T ^a,b   Drummond, J R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

MAESTRO; Oxygen A band; Oxygen B band; Pressure; Remote sounding; Solar occultation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ERROR ANALYSIS;

OXYGEN A-BAND; OXYGEN B-BAND; REMOTE SOUNDING; SOLAR OCCULTATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ABSORPTION; ACE 1; ALGORITHM; FORWARD MODELING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRESSURE; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 35348827850     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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