ULIRS, an optimal estimation retrieval scheme for carbon monoxide using IASI spectral radiances: Sensitivity analysis, error budget and simulations

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 269-288

  Illingworth, S M ^a   Remedios, J J ^a   Boesch, H ^a   Moore, D P ^a   Sembhi, H ^a   Dudhia, A ^b   Walker, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EMISSIVITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETER; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84862833346     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-269-2011     Document Type: Article

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