Comparison of GOME-2/MetOp total ozone data with Brewer spectroradiometer data over the Iberian Peninsula

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1377-1386

  Anton M ^a   Loyola, D ^b   Lopez M ^c   Vilaplana, J M ^d   Banon M ^c   Zimmer, W ^b   Serrano, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia AEMET   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Middle atmosphere; Composition and chemistry; Instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLOUD COVER; ERS-2; GOME; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TOTAL OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 70350041115     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-1377-2009     Document Type: Article

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