Differential correction technique for removing common errors in gas filter radiometer measurements
Applied Optics, Vol. 31, Issue 36, pp. 7716-7724 (1992)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.31.007716
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Abstract
The Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites (MAPS) gas filter radiometer experiment was designed to measure CO mixing ratios in the Earth’s atmosphere. MAPS also measures N2O to provide a reference channel for the atmospheric emitting temperature and to detect the presence of clouds. In this paper we formulate equations to correct the radiometric signals based on the spatial and temporal uniformity of the N2O mixing ratio in the atmosphere. Results of an error study demonstrate that these equations reduce the error in inferred CO mixing ratios. Subsequent application of the technique to the MAPS 1984 data set decreases the error in the frequency distribution of mixing ratios and increases the number of usable data points.
© 1992 Optical Society of America
Citation
H. Andrew Wallio, Caroline C. Chan, Barbara B. Gormsen, and Henry G. Reichle, Jr., "Differential correction technique for removing common errors in gas filter radiometer measurements," Appl. Opt. 31, 7716-7724 (1992)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-31-36-7716
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