Measurement of internal stray light within Dobson ozone spectrophotometers

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 15-16, 2009, Pages 4247-4258

  Evans, R ^a   McConville, G ^b   Oltmans, S ^a   Petropavlovskikh, I ^b   Quincy, D ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; GROUND-BASED INSTRUMENTS; HIGH LATITUDES; MEASUREMENTS OF; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; TOTAL COLUMN OZONE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

STRAY LIGHT;

GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOTAL OZONE; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 67649132451     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160902825057     Document Type: Article

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