Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder HNO3 measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Santee, M L ^a   Lambert, A ^a   Read, W G ^a   Livesey, N J ^a   Cofield, R E ^a   Cuddy, D T ^a   Daffer, W H ^a   Drouin, B J ^a   Froidevaux, L ^a   Fuller, R A ^a   Jarnot, R F ^a   Knosp, B W ^a   Manney, G L ^a,b   Perun, V S ^a   Snyder, W V ^a   Stek, P C ^a   Thurstans, R P ^a   Wagner, P A ^a   Waters, J W ^a   Muscari, G ^c   de Zafra, R L ^d   Dibb, J E ^e   Fahey, D W ^f   Popp, P J ^f,g   Marcy, T P ^f,g,h   Jucks, K W ⁱ   Toon, G C ^a   Stachnik, R A ^a   Bernath, P F ^j,k   Boone, C D ^j   Walker, K A ^j,l   Urban, J ^m   Murtagh, D ^m   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics ^*  (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^m CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ERROR CORRECTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BALLOON OBSERVATION; EOS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MIXING RATIO; NITRIC ACID; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 44449155316     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008721     Document Type: Article

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