title: Solar occultation sounding of pressure and temperature using narrowband radiometers.
abstract: A technique for simultaneously retrieving pressure and temperature profiles using satellite-based narrow-band radiometer measurements of absorption in the CO(2) 4.3-microm band is described. Pressure and temperature profiles for earth's upper atmosphere on a global scale can be obtained with errors <3% and 3 K, respectively. The p - T information can be used not only for improving the accuracy of inverted gas concentrations in the same absorption experiment but also for investigating the upper atmosphere circulation.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Russell Iii
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Smith