FRESCO+: An improved O2 A-band cloud retrieval algorithm for tropospheric trace gas retrievals

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6565-6576

  Wang, P ^a   Stammes, P ^a   Van Der A, R ^a   Pinardi, G ^b   Van Roozendael, M ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLOUD; LIDAR; OXYGEN; RADAR; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 56449123541     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-6565-2008     Document Type: Article

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