An experiment using high spectral resolution CrIS measurements for atmospheric trace gases: Carbon monoxide retrieval impact study

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1639-1643

  Gambacorta, Antonia ^a   Barnet, Christopher ^b   Wolf, Walter ^c   King, Thomas ^a   Maddy, Eric ^b   Strow, Larrabee ^d   Xiong, Xiaozhen ^a   Nalli, Nicholas ^a   Goldberg, Mitchell ^c  

^a Systems Research Group Inc   (United States)

^b SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Center for Satellite Applications and Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Hyperspectral sounders; Spectral resolution; Suomi National Polar orbiting Partnership Cross Track Infrared Sounder (SNPP CrIS)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; CARBON MONOXIDE; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EXPERIMENTS; GASES; INFRARED DEVICES; MICROWAVE ACOUSTICS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; ATMOSPHERIC TRACE GAS; CROSS-TRACK INFRARED SOUNDER; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; HYPERSPECTRAL; LONG TERM DATA RECORD; MEASUREMENTS OF POLLUTION IN THE TROPOSPHERES; NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATIONS;

SOUNDING APPARATUS;

EID: 84899908876     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2014.2303641     Document Type: Article

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