Abstract

For ir radiometers making remote observations of atmospheric temperature structure, an absolute accuracy of ~½% in radiance measurement is required and a relative accuracy between measurements of ~0.1%. Such accuracies can be achieved. The present theoretical models of the 15-μm carbon-dioxide band are inadequate for interpretation of remote sounding observations and careful measurements of atmospheric transmission in this region are required.

© 1977 Optical Society of America

Radiometer for Remote Sounding of the Upper Atmosphere

F. W. Taylor, J. T. Houghton, G. D. Peskett, C. D. Rodgers, and E. J. Williamson
Appl. Opt. 11(1) 135-141 (1972)

SIRS: An Experiment to Measure the Free Air Temperature from a Satellite

D. Q. Wark
Appl. Opt. 9(8) 1761-1766 (1970)

Rocket calibration of the Nimbus 6 solar constant measurements

Charles H. Duncan, Royal G. Harrison, John R. Hickey, James M. Kendall, Matthew P. Thekaekara, and Richard C. Willson
Appl. Opt. 16(10) 2690-2697 (1977)

Temperature sounding from the absorption spectrum of CO₂ at 4.3 μm

Robert A. Toth
Appl. Opt. 16(10) 2661-2668 (1977)

Remote Temperature Sounding in the Presence of Cloud by Zenith Scanning

F. W. Taylor
Appl. Opt. 13(7) 1559-1566 (1974)