SCIAMACHY: Mission objectives and measurement modes

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-150

  Bovensmann, H ^a   Burrows, J P ^a   Buchwitz, M ^a   Frerick, J ^a   Noel S ^a   Rozanov, V V ^a   Chance, K V ^b   Goede, A P H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0033025068     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0127:SMOAMM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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