Ultra high spectral resolution observations of planetary atmospheres using the Cologne tuneable heterodyne infrared spectrometer

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1016-1029

  Sonnabend, G ^a   Sornig, M ^a   Krotz P ^a   Stupar, D ^a   Schieder, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterodyne; High spectral resolution; Infrared; Planetary atmospheres; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HETERODYNING; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

COLOGNE TUNEABLE HETERODYNE INFRARED SPECTROMETER; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

INFRARED SPECTROMETERS;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 40849126872     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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