Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder OH measurements with Fourier Transform Ultra-Violet Spectrometer total OH column measurements at Table Mountain, California

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Shuhui ^a   Pickett, Herbert M ^a   Pongetti, Thomas J ^a   Cheung, Ross ^b   Yung, Yuk L ^b   Shim, Changsub ^a   Li, Qinbin ^a   Canty, Timothy ^c   Salawitch, Ross J ^c   Jucks, Kenneth W ^d   Drouin, Brian ^a   Sander, Stanley P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EOS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 58849144659     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009883     Document Type: Article

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