Retrieval of the vertical column of an atmospheric constituent from data fusion of remote sensing measurements

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 507-514

  Ceccherini, Simone ^a   Carli, Bruno ^a   Cortesi, Ugo ^a   Del Bianco, Samuele ^a   Raspollini, Piera ^a  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition; Data fusion; Vertical column

Indexed keywords

APRIORI; ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS; ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS; ENVISAT SATELLITE; INVERSION PROCESS; LIMB SOUNDER; MEASUREMENT SPACES; OZONE COLUMN; RETRIEVAL ERRORS; RETRIEVAL QUALITY; SATELLITE MISSION; SOLUTION METHODS; STATE VECTOR; VERTICAL COLUMN; VERTICAL COLUMNS;

DATA FUSION; INFORMATION FUSION; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DATA INVERSION; DATA MINING; DATA QUALITY; ENVISAT-1; NADIR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING BIAS; VECTOR;

EID: 70649096999     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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