Calibration of infrared instruments for the remote sounding of atmospheric temperature.
For ir radiometers making remote observations of atmospheric temperature structure, an absolute accuracy of ~(1/2)% in radiance measurement is required and a relative accuracy between measurements of ~0.1%. Such accuracies can be achieved. The present theoretical models of the 15-microm carbon-dioxide band are inadequate for interpretation of remote sounding observations and careful measurements of atmospheric transmission in this region are required.
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