Evaluation of Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) ozone profiles from nine different algorithms

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Meijer, Yasjka J ^a,b   Swart, Daan P J ^a   Baier, Frank ^c   Bhartia, P K ^d   Bodeker, Greg E ^e   Casadio, Stefano ^f   Chance, K ^g   Del Frate, F ^h   Erbertseder, Thilo ^c   Felder, M D ^d,i   Flynn, Lawrence E ^j   Godin Beekman, Sophie ^k   Hansen, G ^l   Hasekamp, O P ^m   Kaifel, Anton ⁿ   Kelder, H M ^b,o   Kerridge, B J ^p   Lambert, J C ^q   Landgraf, J ^m   Latter, B G ^p   Liu, X ^g   McDermid, I S ^r   Pachepsky, Yakov ^s   Rozanov, V ^t   Siddans, R ^p   Tellmann, S ^t   van der A, R J ^o   van Oss, R F ^o   Weber, M ^t   Zehner, Claus ^u   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f SERCO ASSURANCE   (United Kingdom)

^g HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

ⁱ LEIBNIZ SUPERCOMPUTING CENTRE   (Germany)

^j OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^k CNRS   (France)

^l NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^m SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

ⁿ ZENTRUM FÜR SONNENENERGIE UND WASSERSTOFF FORSCHUNG BADEN WÜRTTEMBERG ZSW   (Germany)

^o ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^p RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^q BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^r CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^s STG Inc ^*  (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^u ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; DATA REDUCTION; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; GOME; OPTIMIZATION; OZONE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947672670     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006778     Document Type: Article

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