GOMOS on Envisat: An overview

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1020-1028

  Kyrola E ^a   Tamminen, J ^a   Leppelmeier, G W ^a   Sofieva, V ^a   Hassinen, S ^a   Bertaux, J L ^b   Hauchecorne, A ^b   Dalaudier, F ^b   Cot, C ^b   Korablev, O ^b   Fanton d'Andon, O ^c   Barrot, G ^c   Mangin, A ^c   Theodore B ^c   Guirlet, M ^c   Etanchaud, F ^c   Snoeij, P ^d   Koopman, R ^e   Saavedra, L ^e   Fraisse, R ^f   Fussen, D ^g   Vanhellemont, F ^g   more..

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ACRI ST   (France)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^f AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^g BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mesosphere; Ozone; Retrieval; Satellite measurements; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MONITORING; OZONE; SAMPLING; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

MESOSPHERE; STARLIGHT;

SPACE RESEARCH;

ENVISAT-1; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 11144358440     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00590-8     Document Type: Article

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