Validation of OMI-TOMS and OMI-DOAS total ozone column using five Brewer spectroradiometers at the Iberian peninsula

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Anton M ^a   Lopez M ^b   Vilaplana, J M ^c   Kroon, M ^d   McPeters, R ^e   Banon M ^b   Serrano, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b Departamento de Producción Agencia Estatal de Meteorología   (Spain)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; NASA; OZONE; RADIO DIRECTION FINDING SYSTEMS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

CLOUDY CONDITIONS; DATA PRODUCTS; DIFFERENTIAL OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; EOS-AURA; GROUND BASED; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; GROUND PIXELS; GROUND STATIONS; GROUND-BASED DATA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE PLATFORMS; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE; SKY CONDITION; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS; TOTAL OZONE COLUMN; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

ALGORITHM; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OZONE; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOMS; ZENITH ANGLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350067980     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012003     Document Type: Article

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