Spectrally resolved observations of atmospheric emitted radiance in the H2O rotation band

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Bhawar, R ^a   Bianchini, G ^b   Bozzo, A ^c   Cacciani, M ^d   Calvello, M R ^a   Carlotti, M ^c   Castagnoli, F ^b   Cuomo, V ^e   Di Girolamo, P ^a   Di Iorio, T ^d   Di Liberto, L ^d   di Sarra, A ^d   Esposito, F ^a   Fiocco, G ^d   Fua D ^d   Grieco, G ^a   Maestri, T ^c   Masiello, G ^a   Muscari, G ^f   Palchetti, L ^b   Papandrea, E ^c   Pavese, G ^e   Restieri, R ^a   Rizzi, R ^c   Romano, F ^e   Serio, Carmine ^a   Summa, D ^a   Todini, G ^c   Tosi, E ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIANCE; WATER VAPOR CONTINUUM; WATER VAPOR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

DATABASE; DOWNWELLING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIDAR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 44249090280     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032207     Document Type: Article

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