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AN article by Kaplan1 suggested a method of obtaining indirectly the temperature profile of the atmosphere by measuring from a satellite the radiances at several wavelengths in the 15-µ band of carbon dioxide. To test the practical application of this proposal the U.S. Weather Bureau has developed a grating spectrometer2 with fixed exit slits and detectors to measure simultaneously the radiances in 5 cm−1 intervals centred at 669, 677.5, 691, 697, 703 and 709 cm−1 and a 7 cm−1 interval centred at 899 cm−1.
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Hagemann, F., Gray, jun., J., Machta, L., and Turkevich, A., Science, 130, 542 (1959).
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HILLEARY, D., WARK, D. & JAMES, D. An Experimental Determination of the Atmospheric Temperature Profile by Indirect Means. Nature 205, 489–491 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205489b0
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