Accounting for the effect of horizontal gradients in limb measurements of scattered sunlight

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3045-3060

  Pukite, J ^a,b   Kuhl S ^a   Deutschmann, T ^c   Platt, U ^c   Wagner, T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVISAT-1; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SCIAMACHY; STRATOSPHERE; TOMOGRAPHY; TRACE GAS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 45849114700     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-3045-2008     Document Type: Article

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