Impact of tropospheric aerosol absorption on ozone retrieval from backscattered ultraviolet measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D17, 1999, Pages 21569-21577

  Torres, O ^a,b   Bhartia, P K ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BACKSCATTER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033379864     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900410     Document Type: Article

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