Pointing and temperature retrieval from millimeter-submillimeter limb soundings

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 16, 2002, Pages

  Verdes, C ^a   Buhler S ^a   Von Engeln, A ^a   Kuhn T ^a   Kunzi K ^a   Eriksson, P ^b   Sinnhuber, Björn Martin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Inversion; Pointing; Remote sensing; Retrieval; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448973457     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd000777     Document Type: Article

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