Abstract

The simulation of the data processing and analysis that is required to extract useful geophysical information from data obtained by a remote sounding experiment is useful in that (1) it provides an opportunity to test the retrieval algorithms under known conditions and (2) it can influence instrument design parameters. Examples of this kind of work would include an article by Chahine (1972) in which a general relaxation method for inverse solution of radiative transfer equations is described. This article describes the application of the method to a single species. Other recent examples would include papers by Majumdar et al (1981) and Abbas et al (1981) which describe the inversion of high resolution measurements of atmospheric absorption. These papers also consider application of the techniques described to single species and make use of simulated radiance data in order to compare the derived temperature and concentrations with the known (input) values.

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