Remote sensing of vertical profiles of atmospheric trace constituents with MIPAS limb-emission spectrometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2787-2796

  Fischer, H ^a   Oelhaf, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

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EID: 0001492370     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.002787     Document Type: Article

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