Linearization of the Principal Component Analysis method for radiative transfer acceleration: Application to retrieval algorithms and sensitivity studies

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 125, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-17

  Spurr, R ^a   Natraj, V ^b   Lerot, C ^c   Van Roozendael, M ^c   Loyola, D ^d  

^a RT Solutions Inc   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytic linearization; Performance enhancement; Principal Component Analysis; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

FAST APPROXIMATION; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; RETRIEVAL APPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; TOTAL OZONE COLUMN;

JACOBIAN MATRICES; LINEARIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

DATA HANDLING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OZONE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878592868     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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