Validation of ozone measurements from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-343

  Dupuy, E ^a   Walker, K A ^a,b   Kar, J ^b   Boone, C D ^a   McElroy, C T ^b,c   Bernath, P F ^a,d   Drummond, J R ^b,e   Skelton, R ^a   McLeod, S D ^j   Hughes, R C ^a   Nowlan, C R ^b   Dufour, D G ^f   Zou, J ^b   Nichitiu, F ^b   Strong, K ^b   Baron, P ^g   Bevilacqua, R M ^f   Blumenstock, T ⁱ   Bodeker, G E ^j   Borsdorff, T ⁱ   Bourassa, A E ^k   Bovensmann, H ^l   Boyd, I S ^m   Bracher, A ^l   Brogniez, C ⁿ   Burrows, J P ^l   Catoire, V ^o   Ceccherini, S ^p   Chabrillat, S ^h   Christensen, T ^r   Coffey, M T ^s   Cortesi, U ^p   Davies, J ^c   De Clercq, C ^q   Degenstein, D A ^k   De Maziere M D ^q   Demoulin, P ^t   Dodion, J ^q   Firanski, B ^c   Fischer, H ⁱ   Forbes, G ^c   Froidevaux, L ^u   Fussen, D ^q   Gerard, P ^q   Godin Beekmann, S ^v   Goutail, F ^w   Granville, J ^q   Griffith, D ^x   Haley, C S ^y   Hannigan, J W ^s   Hopfner M ⁱ   Jin, J J ^z   Jones, A ^aa   Jones, N B ^x   Jucks, K ^ab   Kagawa, A ^g,ac   Kasai, Y ^g   Kerzenmacher, T E ^b   Kleinbohl A ^l,u   Klekociuk, A R ^ad   Kramer, I ⁱ   Kullman H ^l   Kuttippurath, J ^l,v   Kyrola E ^ae   Lambert, J C ^q   Livesey, N J ^u   Llewellyn, E J ^k   Lloyd, N D ^k   Mahieu, E ^t   Manney, G L ^u,af   Marshal, B T ^c,f   McConnel, J C ^b,i   McCormick, M P ^ah   McDermid, I S ^u   McHugh, M ^ag   McLinden, C A ^c   Mellqvist, J ^aa   Mizutani, K ^g   Murayama, Y ^g   Murtagh, D P ^aa   Oelhaf, H ⁱ   Parrish, A ^m   Petelina, S V ^k,ai   Piccolo, C ^aj   Pommereau, J P ^w   Randall, C E ^ak   Robert, C ^o   Roth, C ^k   Schneider, M ⁱ   Senten, C ^q   Steck, T ⁱ   Strandberg, A ^aa   Strawbridge, K B ^c   Sussmann, R ⁱ   Swart, D P J ^al   Tarasick, D W ^c   Taylor, J R ^b   Tetard C ⁿ   Thomason, L W ^ah   Thompson, A M ^am   Tully, M B ^an   Urban, J ^aa   Vanhellemont, F ^q   Vigouroux, C ^q   Von Clarmann, T ⁱ   Von Der Gathen, P ^ao   Von Savigny, C ^l   Waters, J W ^u   Witte, J C ^ap,aq   Wolff, M ^b   Zawodny, J M ^ah   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Picomole Instruments Inc   (Canada)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^h NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

ⁿ Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^o UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^p CNR   (Italy)

^q BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^r DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^s NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^u CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^v SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^w SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^x UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^y YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^z YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^aa CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^ab HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^ac FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^ad AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^ae FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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

^ag GATS INC   (United States)

^ah NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^ai LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^al NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^am PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^an BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^ao ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION;

EID: 66149176073     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-287-2009     Document Type: Article

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