Validation of MIPAS-ENVISAT NO2 operational data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3261-3284

  Wetzel, G ^a   Bracher, A ^b   Funke, B ^c   Goutail, F ^d   Hendrick, F ^e   Lambert, J C ^e   Mikuteit, S ^a   Piccolo, C ^f   Pirre, M ^d   Bazureau, A ^d   Belotti, C ^g   Blumenstock, T ^a   De Maziere M ^e   Fischer, H ^a   Huret, N ^d   Ionov, D ^d   Lopez Puertas M ^c   Maucher, G ^a   Oelhaf, H ^a   Pommereau, J P ^d   Ruhnke, R ^a   Sinnhuber, M ^b   Stiller, G ^a   Van Roozendael, M ^e   Zhang, G ^a,h   more..

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^h SHANGQIU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; EMISSION; INTERFEROMETRY; MESOSPHERE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SATELLITE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 34347352109     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-3261-2007     Document Type: Article

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