High spectral resolution infrared remote sensing for earth's weather and climate studies /

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Imprint:Berlin ; New York : Springer, c1993.
Description:p. cm.
Language:English
Series:NATO ASI series. Series I, Global environmental change vol. 9
Subject:Climatology -- Remote sensing -- Congresses.
Infrared detectors -- Congresses.
Climatology -- Remote sensing.
Infrared detectors.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1631610
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Other authors / contributors:Chedin, Alain
Chahine, Moustafa T.
Scott, Noëlle A. (Noëlle Anne), 1941-
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division
NATO Advanced Research Workshop on High Spectral Resolution Infrared Remote Sensing for Earth's Weather and Climate Studies (1992 : Paris, France)
ISBN:3540545824 (Berlin : alk. paper)
0387545824 (New York : alk. paper)
Notes:"Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."
"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on High Spectral Resolution Infrared Remote Sensing for Earth's Weather and Climate Studies, held at Paris, France, March 23-26, 1992"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary:One of major challenges facing Earth's science in the nextdecade and beyondis the development of an accurate longterm observational data set to study global change. Toaccomplish this, a wide range of observations will berequired to provide both new measurements, not previouslyachievable and measurements with a greater degreee ofaccuracy and resolution than the ones which are presentlyand currently available.Among the parameters that are currently retrieved fromsatellite vertical sounding observations, temperature andmoisture profiles are the most important for the descriptionof the thermodynamic state of the medium. Other parameters,like those describing the cloud fields, the surface state orthe conditions close to the surface are also key parametersfor meteorology and climatology.A new generation of high spectral atmospheric sounders inthe infrared has recently been designed to provide both newand more accurate data about the atmosphere, land and oceansfor application to climate studies. Among the importantobservations that these instruments should contribute to theclimate data set are day and night global measurements of:atmospheric temperature profiles; relative humidityprofiles; cloud field parameters; total ozone burden of theatmosphere; distribution of minor atmospehric gases(methane, carbonmonoxide and nitrous oxide).
Item Description:"Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."
"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on High Spectral Resolution Infrared Remote Sensing for Earth's Weather and Climate Studies, held at Paris, France, March 23-26, 1992"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description:p. cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:3540545824 (Berlin : alk. paper)
0387545824 (New York : alk. paper)