Advances in simultaneous atmospheric profile and cloud parameter regression based retrieval from high-spectral resolution radiance measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6433-6443

  Weisz, Elisabeth ^a   Smith, William L ^a   Smith, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric retrievals; cloud top height retrievals; high spectral satellite measurements

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; EARTH (PLANET); GEOPHYSICS; INFRARED DEVICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC RETRIEVAL; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; CLOUD TOP HEIGHT RETRIEVAL; HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTS; REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRS; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CLOUD COVER; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; IASI; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; PRECISION; RADIANCE; REAL TIME; SATELLITE DATA; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84880905899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50521     Document Type: Article

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