Remote sensing of the Earth’s atmosphere by the spaceborne Occultation Radiometer, ORA: Final inversion algorithm
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Authors
Fussen, D.
Vanhellemont, F.
Bingen, C.
Discipline
Physical sciences
Subject
Occultation radiometers
Aerosols
Algorithms
Earth atmosphere
Polynomials
Remote sensing
Radiometers
Audience
Scientific
Date
2001Metadata
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We describe the final inversion algorithm developed to process solar occultation data measured in 1992-1993 by the Occultation Radiometer (ORA) spaceborne experiment. First we develop a new method to improve the ORA total extinction altitude profiles retrieved with the previously described Natural Orthogonal Polynomial Expansion (NOPE) method. Using these improved profiles, we perform spectral inversion and obtain altitude density profiles for O3 and NO2 and extinction profiles for the aerosols. Validation of number density profiles between the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II) and the ORA shows satisfactory agreement.
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Fussen, D.; Vanhellemont, F.; Bingen, C. (2001). Remote sensing of the Earth’s atmosphere by the spaceborne Occultation Radiometer, ORA: Final inversion algorithm. , Applied Optics, Vol. 40, Issue 6, 941-948, DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.000941.Identifiers
scopus: 2-s2.0-0003926150
Type
Article
Peer-Review
Yes
Language
eng