A computationally efficient retrieval algorithm for hyperspectral sounders incorporating a priori information

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 802-806

  Maddy, Eric S ^a   Barnet, Chris D ^b   Gambacorta, Antonia ^a  

^a Perot Systems Government Services   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared (IR) measurements; Inverse problems; Matrices; Remote sensing; Satellites

Indexed keywords

APRIORI; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; HYPERSPECTRAL; IMPLEMENTATION SCHEME; INFRARED (IR) MEASUREMENTS; INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING INTERFEROMETERS; MATRICES; MAXIMUM A POSTERIORI; METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S; NUMERICAL DERIVATIVES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATIONS; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL DATA; TARGET GAS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 70350342316     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2009.2025780     Document Type: Article

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