Community radiative transfer model for stratospheric sounding unit

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 767-778

  Chen, Yong ^a,b   Han, Yong ^c   Liu, Quanhua ^b   Van Delst, Paul ^d   Weng, Fuzhong ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^d IM Systems Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiative transfer; Satellite observations; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMITTANCE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CELL PRESSURE; CLIMATE STUDIES; COMMUNITY RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; FAST MODEL; INFRARED OBSERVATIONS; LINEAR FITTING; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDINGS; MODEL SIMULATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOUNDING OF THE ATMOSPHERE USING BROADBAND EMISSION RADIOMETRY; SPECTRAL RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; THERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLS; CLIMATE MODELS; INFRARED TELEVISION; IONOSPHERE; LUMINANCE; RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITES; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EOS; IONOSPHERE; MESOSPHERE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; NOAA SATELLITE; OZONE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; STRATOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 79959671407     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1509.1     Document Type: Article

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