Cross-validation of HIRDLS and COSMIC radio-occultation retrievals, particularly in relation to fine vertical structure

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7082, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Barnett, J J ^a   Hepplewhite, C L ^a   Osprey, S ^a   Gille, J C ^b   Khosravi, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aura; COSMIC; GNSSRO; HIRDLS; Infrared; Limb viewing; Radio occultation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ATMOSPHERICS; COSMOLOGY; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INSTRUMENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NASA; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPACE OPTICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AURA; COSMIC; CROSS VALIDATIONS; EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE; GNSSRO; GPS TRANSMITTERS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION DYNAMICS LIMB SOUNDER; HIRDLS; INFRARED; INTERCORRELATION; JOINT PROJECT; LIMB-VIEWING; MID-INFRARED LIMB EMISSION SOUNDER; OPTICAL-; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; RADIO-OCCULTATION; SMALL-SCALE FEATURES; SPACE-BORNE REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE PROFILING; TRACE SPECIES; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL RESOLUTIONS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 52349094116     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.800702     Document Type: Conference Paper

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