Global variability of midtropospheric carbon dioxide as measured by the atmospheric infrared sounder

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pagano, Thomas S ^a   Olsen, Edward T ^a   Nguyen, Hai ^a   Ruzmaikin, Alexander ^a   Jiang, Xun ^b   Perkins, Lori ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric Infrared Sounder; carbon dioxide; midtroposphere; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; seasonal cycle

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; INFRARED DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SPECTROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; MIDTROPOSPHERE; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS VEGETATION INDICES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL CYCLE;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84905728204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.8.084984     Document Type: Article

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