Intercomparison of the influence of tropospheric clouds on UV-visible absorptions detected during the NDSC intercomparison campaign at OHP in June 1996

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1169-1172

  Pfeilsticker, K ^a   Arlander, D W ^d   Burrows, J P ^e   Erle, F ^a   Gil, M ^c   Goutail, F ^f   Hermans, C ^b   Lambert, J C ^b   Platt, U ^a   Pommereau, J P ^f   Richter, A ^e   Sarkissian, A ^f   Van Roozendael, M ^b   Wagner, T ^a   Winterrath, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER ABSORPTION;

CUMULONIMBUS CLOUD; MIE SCATTERING; NETWORK FOR THE DETECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC CHANGE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TROPOSPHERIC CLOUDS; ZENITH SKY LIGHT;

CLOUDS; TROPOSPHERE;

OPTICAL PROPERTY; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHEMICAL PROCESS; CLOUDY SKIES; INTERCOMPARISONS; MEASUREMENTS OF; MIE SCATTERING; PATHLENGTHS; TROPOSPHERIC CLOUDS; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION;

EID: 0033560521     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900198     Document Type: Article

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