Comptes Rendus
Spectroscopy and planetary atmospheres/Spectroscopie et atmosphères planétaires
A review of remote sensing techniques and related spectroscopy problems
Comptes Rendus. Physique, Molecular spectroscopy and planetary atmospheres, Volume 6 (2005) no. 8, pp. 825-835.

Remote sensing based on quantitative spectroscopy is a powerful tool for precise measurements of atmospheric trace species concentrations, through the use of characteristic spectral signatures of the different molecular species and their associated vibration–rotation and electronic bands in the microwave, infrared, and UV-visible domains. A reliable retrieval of the concentration profiles requires a good characterisation of measurement and spectral fitting errors. This includes an accurate knowledge of spectroscopic parameters of all transition lines or absorption cross sections of interest since uncertainties lead to systematic retrieval errors.

Les mesures à distances qui s'appuient sur la spectroscopie quantitative sont un outil puissant pour la mesure précise des concentrations d'espèces à l'état de trace dans l'atmosphère par l'utilisation des signatures spectrales caractéristiques des différentes espèces moléculaires, qui sont associées aux bandes de vibration–rotation et aux bandes électroniques dans les domaine micro-onde, infrarouge, et ultraviolet ou visible. Une inversion fiable du profil de concentration nécessite une bonne caractérisation des erreurs de mesure et d'ajustement des spectres. Ceci implique une connaissance précise des paramètres spectroscopiques de toutes les raies ou des sections efficaces d'absorption dont les incertitudes ont un impact direct sur les erreurs résultant de l'inversion des spectres observés.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2005.07.013
Keywords: Atmosphere, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy
Mots-clés : Atmosphère, Télédétection, Mesures à distance, Spectroscopie

Sébastien Payan 1; Jérôme de La Noë 2; Alain Hauchecorne 3; Claude Camy-Peyret 1

1 Laboratoire de physique moléculaire pour l'atmosphère et l'astrophysique, UPMC, case 76, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France
2 Université Bordeaux 1, OASU/L3AB, BP 89, 33270 Floirac, France
3 Service d'aéronomie du CNRS, BP 102, université Paris 6, 4, place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France
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Sébastien Payan; Jérôme de La Noë; Alain Hauchecorne; Claude Camy-Peyret. A review of remote sensing techniques and related spectroscopy problems. Comptes Rendus. Physique, Molecular spectroscopy and planetary atmospheres, Volume 6 (2005) no. 8, pp. 825-835. doi : 10.1016/j.crhy.2005.07.013. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.1016/j.crhy.2005.07.013/

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