Spectral imaging of the atmosphere /
Optical instruments are routinely employed to obtain a wealth of information about the atmosphere, including its composition, temperature, and winds. A bewildering variety of optical instruments have been proposed over the years, making it difficult to decide which instrument should be chosen to mak...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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San Diego, Calif. :
Academic Press,
©2002.
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| Series: | International geophysics series ;
v. 82. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Optical instruments are routinely employed to obtain a wealth of information about the atmosphere, including its composition, temperature, and winds. A bewildering variety of optical instruments have been proposed over the years, making it difficult to decide which instrument should be chosen to make a specific measurement. Spectral Imaging of the Atmosphere traces the historical development of both spectral and imaging methods and places them in a unified framework relevant to observations of the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere. The underlying concepts of various measur. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 324 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-296) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780080517513 008051751X 9780126394818 0126394814 1281028894 9781281028891 9786611028893 6611028897 |