Infrared measurements in the Arctic using two Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometers

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 329-344

  Mariani, Z ^a   Strong, K ^a   Wolff, M ^a,b   Rowe, P ^c   Walden, V ^c   Fogal, P F ^a,d   Duck, T ^e   Lesins, G ^e   Turner, D S ^d   Cox, C ^c   Eloranta, E ^f   Drummond, J R ^e   Roy, C ^g   Turner, D D ^f,h   Hudak, D ^d   Lindenmaier, I A ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g ABB Bomem Inc   (Canada)

^h NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CALIBRATION; CERTIFICATION; CLEAR SKY; COOLING; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INTERFEROMETER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIATION BALANCE; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; TRACE GAS;

ARCTIC; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; ELLESMERE ISLAND; EUREKA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 84860460267     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-329-2012     Document Type: Article

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