First Odin sub-mm retrievals in the tropical upper troposphere: Humidity and cloud ice signals

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 459-469

  Ekstrom M ^a   Eriksson, P ^a   Rydberg, B ^a   Murtagh, D P ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLOUD; HUMIDITY; ICE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SATELLITE; SIGNAL; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 33846620673     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-459-2007     Document Type: Article

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