Atmospheric Ultraviolet Remote Sensing 9780123603906, 0123603900

This book is an introduction to the use of the ultraviolet for remote sensing of the Earth's atmosphere. It covers

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English Pages iii-x, 1-317 [318] Year 1992

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Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Pages ix-x
Robert E. Huffman

Chapter 1 Introduction
Pages 1-6

Chapter 2 The UV—What, Where, and Why
Pages 7-19

Chapter 3 Radiometry
Pages 21-34

Chapter 4 Sensors
Pages 35-56

Chapter 5 Space Operations
Pages 57-76

Chapter 6 The Earth's Atmosphere
Pages 77-86

Chapter 7 Solar Photoabsorption
Pages 87-102

Chapter 8 Photon Cross Sections
Pages 103-120

Chapter 9 Airglow
Pages 121-136

Chapter 10 Aurora
Pages 137-154

Chapter 11 Scattering and Fluorescence
Pages 155-170

Chapter 12 Atmospheric Ultraviolet Backgrounds
Pages 171-188

Chapter 13 Radiance and Transmission Codes
Pages 189-205

Chapter 14 Ozone and Lower Atmospheric Composition
Pages 207-226

Chapter 15 Upper Atmospheric Composition and Density
Pages 227-252

Chapter 16 Global Auroral Imaging
Pages 253-277

Chapter 17 Ionospheric Electron Density
Pages 279-306

Index
Pages 307-317

Atmospheric Ultraviolet Remote Sensing
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