Global characterization of CO2 column retrievals from shortwave-infrared satellite observations of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission

Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 270-304

  Boesch, Hartmut ^a   Baker, David ^b   Connor, Brian ^c   Crisp, David ^d   Miller, Charles ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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

^c BC Consulting Ltd   (New Zealand)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inverse theory; Remote sensing; Trace gases

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL TYPES; ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE; BIAS CORRECTION; COLUMN RETRIEVALS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DRY AIR; ERROR ESTIMATES; FORWARD MODELS; GROUND-TRACK; INSTRUMENT CALIBRATIONS; INVERSE THEORY; KEY PARAMETERS; LAND SURFACE; LOW ALBEDO; MOLE FRACTION; NADIR OBSERVATIONS; NEAR-SURFACE; OCEAN SURFACES; RANDOM COMPONENTS; REALISTIC SIMULATION; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; RETRIEVAL ERRORS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SHORT WAVE INFRARED; SNOW/ICE SURFACES; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; SPECTRAL REGION; SPECTROSCOPIC PARAMETERS; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE PRESSURES; SYSTEMATIC BIAS; THIN CIRRUS; TRACE-GASES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; BUILDINGS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COVARIANCE MATRIX; ESTIMATION; NASA; OBSERVATORIES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RANDOM ERRORS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 79960483143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs3020270     Document Type: Article

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