Characterization of MIPAS elevation pointing

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1615-1628

  Kiefer, M ^a   Von Clarmann, T ^a   Grabowski, U ^a   De Laurentis, M ^b   Mantovani, R ^c   Milz, M ^a   Ridolfi, M ^d  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RHEA System SA   (Belgium)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; AZIMUTH; DISCONTINUITY; ELEVATION; EMISSIVITY; ENVISAT-1; EOS; FIELD OF VIEW; ORBIT DETERMINATION; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOFTWARE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 33947612605     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-1615-2007     Document Type: Article

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