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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Main Author: Shepherd, G. G.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, ©2002.
Series:International geophysics series ; v. 82.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 324 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-296) and indexes.
ISBN:9780080517513
008051751X
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9786611028893
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