2.2 Changes in the Earth’s Resolved Outgoing Longwave Radiation Field as Seen from the Iris and Img Instruments
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Several authors have suggested the possibility of utilizing measurements of spectrally resolved outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) to monitor the climatic state (e.g. Goody et al., 1998). The idea is attractive since even a moderate degree of spectral resolution allows the assignation of changes seen in the OLR to a particular cause. However, its practical implementation has been hampered by a lack of suitable observational data.
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