title: Remote sensing of surface and cloud temperatures using the 899-cm interval.
abstract: The spectral interval centered at 899 cm(-1) with a bandpass of 8.75 cm(-1) is used for the measurements of surface and cloud-top temperatures from an altitude of 30 km. The continuum and selective absorption contribution to such measurements are discussed. The observations were obtained, using a balloon flight spectrometer, on two occasions: once from Palestine, Texas, in a tropical humid air mass, and once from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in a cold arctic air mass. The results from these observations are compared with the screen temperatures under the balloon and with special surface temperature measurements made using a thermistor and a radiometer.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, College Park,Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Saiedy
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Hilleary