Preliminary results of GOME-2 water vapour retrievals and first applications in polar regions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1519-1929

  Noel S ^a   Mieruch, S ^a   Bovensmann, H ^a   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVISAT-1; ERS-2; GOME; POLAR REGION; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC; NY-ALESUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 40749088569     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-1519-2008     Document Type: Article

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