The Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME): Mission concept and first scientific results

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-175

  Burrows, John P ^a   Weber, Mark ^a   Buchwitz, Michael ^a   Rozanov, Vladimir ^a   Ladstätter Weißenmayer, Annette ^a   Richter, Andreas ^a   Debeek, Rüdiger ^a   Hoogen, Ricarda ^a   Bramstedt, Klaus ^a   Eichmann, Kai Uwe ^a   Eisinger, Michael ^a,c   Perner, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 0032998625     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0151:TGOMEG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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