Simultaneous retrieval of atmospheric CO2 and light path modification from space-based spectroscopic observations of greenhouse gases: Methodology and application to GOSAT measurements over TCCON sites

Applied Optics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1339-1350

  Oshchepkov, Sergey ^a   Bril, Andrey ^a   Yokota, Tatsuya ^a   Yoshida, Yukio ^a   Blumenstock, Thomas ^b   Deutscher, Nicholas M ^c,d   Dohe, Susanne ^b   MacAtangay, Ronald ^d   Morino, Isamu ^a   Notholt, Justus ^c   Rettinger, Markus ^e   Petri, Christof ^c   Schneider, Matthias ^b   Sussman, Ralf ^e   Uchino, Osamu ^a   Velazco, Voltaire ^d   Wunch, Debra ^f   Belikov, Dmitry ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; GREENHOUSE GASES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CO; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; GREENHOUSE GASES OBSERVING SATELLITES; GROUND BASED; HIGH RESOLUTION; LIGHT PATH; MOLE FRACTION; PHOTON PATH LENGTH; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION METHOD; RADIANCE SPECTRA; SPACE-BASED; TOTAL CARBON;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84874461772     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.52.001339     Document Type: Article

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