Validation of ILAS-II version 1.4 O3, HNO3, and temperature data through comparison with ozonesonde, ground-based FTS, and lidar measurements in Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Yamamori, Miho ^a,b   Kagawa, Akiko ^c   Kasai, Yasuko ^a   Mizutani, Kohei ^a   Murayama, Yasuhiro ^a   Sugita, Takafumi ^d   Irie, Hitoshi ^e   Nakajima, Hideaki ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TSURU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LIDAR; MODEL VALIDATION; NITRIC ACID; OZONE; OZONESONDE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746567228     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006438     Document Type: Article

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