Bias determination and precision validation of ozone profiles from MIPAS-Envisat retrieved with the IMK-IAA processor

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3639-3662

  Steck, T ^a   Von Clarmann, T ^a   Fischer, H ^a   Funke, B ^b   Glatthor, N ^a   Grabowski, U ^a   Hopfner M ^a   Kellmann, S ^a   Kiefer, M ^a   Linden, A ^a   Milz, M ^a   Stiller, G P ^a   Wang, D Y ^c   Allaart, M ^d   Blumenstock, Th ^a   Von Der Gathen, P ^e   Hansen, G ^f   Hase, F ^a   Hochschild, G ^a   Kopp, G ^a   Kyro E ^g   Oelhaf, H ^a   Raffalski, U ^h   Redondas Marrero, A ⁱ   Remsberg, E ^j   Russell Iii, J ^k   Stebel, K ^f   Steinbrecht, W ^l   Wetzel, G ^a   Yela, M ^m   Zhang, G ^a   more..

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

ⁱ Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia ^*  (Spain)

^j NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^k HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^m INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVISAT-1; OZONE; OZONESONDE; PRECISION;

ANDALUCIA;

EID: 34547375293     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-3639-2007     Document Type: Article

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