Optimal use of the information provided by indirect measurements of atmospheric vertical profiles

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 4944-4958

  Ceccherini, Simone ^a   Raspollini, Piera ^a   Carli, Bruno ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA FUSION;

ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS; EXTERNAL CONSTRAINTS; INDIRECT MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT SPACES; NULL SPACE; OPTIMAL UTILIZATION; VERTICAL GRIDS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 65249173495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.004944     Document Type: Article

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