Ozone profile retrieval from GOMOS limb scattering measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Taha, Ghassan ^a   Jaross, Glen ^a   Fussen, Didier ^b   Vanhellemont, Filip ^b   Kyrölä, Erkki ^c   McPeters, Richard D ^d  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ESTIMATION; MONITORING; OZONE; SCATTERING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIMB; OZONE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIANCE; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 59749087524     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009409     Document Type: Article

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