Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere for Environmental Security (eBook)

Preface. 1. Spectroscopic measurements of tropospheric composition from satellite measurements in the ultraviolet and visible: Steps toward continuous pollution monitoring from space; K. Chance.- 2. ESA spectroscopy studies in support of spaceborne atmospheric composition sounding; J. Langen.- 3. The MIPAS experiment aboard ENVISAT: remote sensing of atmospheric composition; H. Fischer.- 4. Performance of the operational retrieval code for MIPAS on ENVISAT and possible improvements of retrieval techniques for environment and climate; B. Carli et al.- 5. New measurements of trace species in the upper troposphere from infra-red spectra of the atmosphere; J.J. Remedios et al.- 6. Remote sensing of the Non-LTE atmosphere; M. Lôpez-Puertas, and B. Funke.- 7. Quantitative spectroscopy and atmospheric measurements; J.-M. Flaud et al.- 8. Quantitative laboratory spectroscopy of atmospheric trace gases; J. Vander Auwera.- 9. Global modeling of high-resolution spectra of linear molecules C02, N2O and C2H2; V.I. Perevalov et al.- 10. CDSD-296, the high-precision carbon dioxide spectroscopic databank: version for atmospheric applications; S.A. Tashkun et al.- 11.Theoretical quantitative spectroscopy: computer simulation of molecular spectra; S. N. Yurchenko et al.- 12. Recent results on infrared molecular line broadening and shift parameters; M.-A.H. Smith.- 13. Half-widths and line shifts of water vapor for atmospheric applications: measurement and theory; R. Gamache and B.K. Antony.- 14. Quantitative rotational spectroscopy for atmospheric research; G. Wlodarczak et al.- 15. Pressure- broadening of the 22.2 GHz line of water: basic results for remote sensing of the atmosphere; G. Cazzoli, et al.- 16. Rotational spectroscopy at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; B.J. Drouin.- 17. Correlation between precipitable water and rainfall using Global Positioning System (GPS) technique; A. Fadil and D. Ben Sar.- 18. Extreme variability ofaerosol optical properties: the Cairo aerosol characterization experiment case study; S. Alfaro and M. Abdel Wahab.- 19. Urban air pollution and its photochemistry studied by laser spectroscopic methods; Z. Zelinger et al.- 20. The atmospheric chemistry Ether group: expertise and database; Ph. Ricaud et al.- 21. An integrated approach to study the chemistry-climate interactions in the atmosphere; P.C. Simon et al.- List of contributors.- Index of subjects.