SCIAMACHY Level 1 data: Calibration concept and in-flight calibration

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5347-5367

  Lichtenberg, G ^a,e   Kleipool, Q ^a,b   Krijger, J M ^a   Van Soest, G ^a,b   Van Hees, R ^a   Tilstra, L G ^b   Acarreta, J R ^b   Aben, I ^a   Ahlers, B ^d   Bovensmann, H ^c   Chance, K ^f   Gloudemans, A M S ^a   Hoogeveen, R W M ^a   Jongma, R T N ^a   Noel S ^c   Piters, A ^b   Schrijver, H ^a   Schrijvers, C ^b,d   Sioris, C E ^f   Skupin, J ^c,g   Slijkhuis, S ^e   Stammes, P ^b   Wuttke, M ^c   more..

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^g DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; ICE; INSTRUMENTATION; POLARIZATION; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 33751534536     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-5347-2006     Document Type: Article

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