Intercomparison of GOME, ozonesonde, and SAGE II measurements of ozone: Demonstration of the need to homogenize available ozonesonde data sets

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Liu, Xiong ^a   Chance, Kelly ^a   Sioris, Christopher E ^a   Kurosu, Thomas P ^a   Newchurch, Michael J ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; MONITORING; OZONE LAYER; SATELLITES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

DATA SET; GOME; OZONE; OZONESONDE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 33846059418     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006718     Document Type: Article

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