Abstract

In early 1996, our two organizations measured infrared atmospheric radiances with two independent Fourier Transform InfraRed (FTIR) spectro-radiometers on the NOAA R/V Discoverer in the tropical Pacific. Our objective was to make highly accurate measurements that would be useful for improving radiative transfer models and for establishing FTIR technology as a practical tool for measuring atmospheric radiation in the tropics. However, the usual problem with such an approach is that there is no easy way to assess the accuracy of the resulting data. Therefore, comparing measurements from the two FTIR systems is useful.

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