Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder OH and HO2 measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Pickett, Herbert M ^a   Drouin, B J ^a   Canty, T ^a   Salawitch, R J ^a   Fuller, R A ^a   Perun, V S ^a   Livesey, N J ^a   Waters, J W ^a   Stachnik, R A ^a   Sander, S P ^a   Traub, W A ^a   Jucks, K W ^b   Minschwaner, K ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SOUNDING APPARATUS;

BALLOON OBSERVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 56249127929     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008775     Document Type: Article

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