New Umkehr ozone profile retrieval algorithm optimized for climatological studies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Petropavlovskikh, Irini ^a   Bhartia, P K ^b   DeLuisi, J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; OPTIMIZATION; OZONE LAYER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; MONTHLY MEAN ANOMALIES (MMA); VERTICAL OZONE PROFILE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OZONE;

EID: 26844442553     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023323     Document Type: Article

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