title: Atmospheric temperature: successful test of remote probing.
abstract: The Nimbus III satellite carries the satellite infrared spectrometer (SIRS). It measures the radiance of the earth and the atmosphere in seven narrow spectral intervals in the 15-micrometer carbon dioxide band and in one interval of minimum absorption at 11.1 micrometers. Seven simultaneous equations are solved to obtain the vertical temperature profile; the eighth measurement is used to determine the boundary condition (cloud or surface temperature). Results agree with those obtained from conventional radiosondes.
authors.forename: D Q
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Wark
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Hilleary