Suomi NPP OMPS limb profiler initial sensor performance assessment

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8528, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Jaross, Glen ^a   Chen, Grace ^a   Kowitt, Mark ^a   Warner, Jeremy ^a   Xu, Philippe ^b   Kelly, Thomas ^a   Linda, Michael ^a   Flittner, David ^c  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Limb scatter; OMPS; Pointing; Sensor performance; Stray light

Indexed keywords

NASA; OZONE; STRAY LIGHT; WIRE POINTING;

LIMB SCATTER; LIMB SCATTER MEASUREMENTS; LONG TERM MONITORING; OMPS; OZONE MAPPING AND PROFILER SUITES; POLAR-ORBITING; SENSOR PERFORMANCE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

SENSORS;

EID: 84899910448     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.979627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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