On application of the statistical method for determination of atmospheric temperature profiles from satellites

Abstract

Natural orthogonal functions are applied to the problem of determining the vertical temperature profile from measurements of the Earth's outgoing radiation in the absorption band of CO2. There are examples of solving this problem. Optimal systems of orthogonal functions agreed with statistics of errors of the measurement of the outgoing radiation and with the kernel of the integral equation. Dimension of subspace of solutions having a real sense at a given accuracy of measurements and a number of allowed temperature profiles are found.

Pioneering remote sensing in the USSR. 1. Radiation transfer in the optical wavelength region of the electromagnetic spectrum

“…Manned spacecraft piloted by cosmonauts played a great role in the achievements of Soviet space research (Malkevich 1973, Lazarev et al 1979, 1987. Kondratyev was active in supporting the development of piloted flights to carry out scientific experiments from space and played an important role in developing research programmes involving orbital stations.…”