A new regularized inversion method for the retrieval of stratospheric aerosol size distributions applied to 16 years of SAGE II data (1984-2000): Method, results and validation

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 797-804

  Bingen, Christine ^a   Vanhellemont, F ^a   Fussen, D ^a  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (aerosols and particles; middle atmosphere composition and chemistry; volcanic effects)

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037779064     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-797-2003     Document Type: Article

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