Quality assessment of ground-based microwave measurements of chlorine monoxide, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide from the NDSC radiometer at the Plateau de Bure

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1903-1915

  Ricaud, P ^a   Baron, P ^b   de La Noe J ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Noveltis   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and chemistry (middle atmosphere composition and chemistry); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (instruments and techniques); Radio Science (remote sensing)

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORINE MONOXIDE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTES-ALPES; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242884873     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1903-2004     Document Type: Article

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