Retrieval of stratospheric aerosol size information from OSIRIS limb scattered sunlight spectra

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6375-6380

  Bourassa, A E ^a,b   Degenstein, D A ^b   Llewellyn, E J ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 56049106836     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-6375-2008     Document Type: Article

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