Ground-based high spectral resolution observations of the entire terrestrial spectrum under extremely dry conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Turner, D D ^a   Mlawer, E J ^b   Bianchini, G ^c   Cadeddu, M P ^d   Crewell, S ^e   Delamere, J S ^b   Knuteson, R O ^f   Maschwitz, G ^e   Mlynzcak, M ^g   Paine, S ^h   Palchetti, L ^c   Tobin, D C ^f  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE SIMULATION; DRY CONDITION; FAR-INFRARED; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GROUND BASED; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; LINE-BY-LINE RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; NORTHERN CHILE; PURE-ROTATION; SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL SPECTRA; WATER-VAPOR ABSORPTION;

WATER VAPOR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRUM; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER VAPOR; CLIMATE MODELING; SIMULATION;

CHILE;

EID: 84861367041     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051542     Document Type: Article

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