Direct measurement of tropospheric ozone distributions from space

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6672, 1998, Pages 168-171

  Munro, Rosemary ^a,b   Siddans, Richard ^a   Reburn, William J ^a   Kerridge, Brian J ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; METHANE; OZONE;

OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

ARTICLE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE; TELECOMMUNICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0032510483     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/32392     Document Type: Article

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