Space-borne measurements of mesospheric magnesium species – A retrieval algorithm and preliminary profiles

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1963-1983

  Scharringhausen, M ^a   Aikin, A C ^b   Burrows, J P ^a   Sinnhuber, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BACKSCATTER; ENVISAT-1; MAGNESIUM; MESOSPHERE; NADIR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RESONANCE; SATELLITE DATA; SCIAMACHY;

EID: 41749122813     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-1963-2008     Document Type: Article

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