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contributor authorSaiedy, F.
contributor authorJacobowitz, H.
contributor authorWark, D. Q.
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:14:02Z
date available2017-06-09T14:14:02Z
date copyright1967/01/01
date issued1967
identifier issn0022-4928
identifier otherams-15287.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4150942
description abstractA hand-held spectrograph-camera has been used by the Gemini-5 astronauts to obtain spectra of sunlight reflected from clouds in the region of the oxygen ?A? band near 7600 Å. The transmittance measurements at selected wavelengths inside the band offered a means of measuring the amount of oxygen in the optical path, and, therefore, the cloud top altitude. Results of the observations are presented, with verification of four cases indicating the validity of the experiment. A method for computing a correction factor, needed to account for the extra absorption inside the cloud, is developed. This method gives the dependences of the correction factor on the solar zenith, viewing and azimuthal angles. Results of computations by this method are compared with earlier results based on the two-streams theory of Schuster.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleOn Cloud-Top Determination from Gemini-5
typeJournal Paper
journal volume24
journal issue1
journal titleJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0469(1967)024<0063:OCTDFG>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage63
journal lastpage69
treeJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;1967:;Volume( 024 ):;issue: 001
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