Iterative approach to self-adapting and altitude-dependent regularization for atmospheric profile retrievals

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 26696-26709

  Ridolfi, Marco ^a   Sgheri, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE RETRIEVAL; ITERATIVE APPROACH; LIMB MEASUREMENTS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER FOR PASSIVE ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDINGS; ON-LINE PROCESSORS; SELF ADAPTING; SELF-CONSISTENCY; TIKHONOV REGULARIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOMETRY;

ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 84555220498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.026696     Document Type: Article

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