Aerosol extinction profiles at 525 nm and 1020 nm derived from ACE imager data: Comparisons with GOMOS, SAGE II, SAGE III, POAM III, and OSIRIS

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2027-2037

  Vanhellemont, F ^a   Tetard, C ^b   Bourassa, A ^c   Fromm, M ^d   Dodion, J ^a   Fussen, D ^a   Brogniez, C ^b   Degenstein, D ^c   Gilbert, K L ^e   Turnbull, D N ^e   Bernath, P ^e,f   Boone, C ^e   Walker, K A ^e,g  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 41849129282     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-2027-2008     Document Type: Article

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