The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2): Spectrometer performance evaluation using pre-launch direct sun measurements

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 301-313

  Frankenberg, C ^a   Pollock, R ^a   Lee, R A M ^a   Rosenberg, R ^a   Blavier, J F ^a   Crisp, D ^a   O'dell, C W ^b   Osterman, G B ^a   Roehl, C ^c   Wennberg, P O ^c   Wunch, D ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA SET; OBSERVATORY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921325711     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-301-2015     Document Type: Article

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