The measurement of surface pressure from a satellite

✍ Scribed by S. D. Smith; M. J. Colles; G. Peckham

• Book ID: 104574259
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1972
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 214 KB
• Volume: 98
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0035-9009
• DOI: 10.1002/qj.49709841615

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The surface pressure can be determined from a measurement of the atmospheric transmission in a spectral region near an absorption band. The feasibility of achieving such measurements for a satellite‐borne instrument is discussed.