Two-dimensional sensitivity analysis of MIPAS observations

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 5340-5357

  Carlotti, M ^a   Magnani, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; ORBITS; SEARCH ENGINES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; ENVISAT SATELLITE; OPTIMIZED OBSERVATIONS; RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE FLIGHT;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 65249190214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.005340     Document Type: Article

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