Retrieval of temperature profiles from CHAMP for climate monitoring: Intercomparison with Envisat MIPAS and GOMOS and different atmospheric analyses

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3519-3536

  Gobiet, A ^a   Kirchengast, G ^a   Manney, G L ^b,c   Borsche, M ^a   Retscher, C ^d   Stiller, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVISAT-1; GNSS; GOME; NUMERICAL METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34547335977     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-3519-2007     Document Type: Article

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