Spectral imaging of the atmosphere - Shepherd, G. G. (Academic Press, 2002)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-296) and indexes
List of SymbolsList of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Author Index; Subject Index
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