Total ozone observations at Athens, Greece by satellite-borne and ground-based instrumentation

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6023-6033

  Tzanis, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; PROBES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITES;

ATHENS , GREECE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOBSON SPECTROPHOTOMETER; GROUND-BASED INSTRUMENTATION; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; SCANNING IMAGING ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER FOR ATMOSPHERIC CHARTOGRAPHY; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER; WILCOXON'S TEST;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

ADEOS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; NIMBUS-7; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCIAMACHY; TOMS; TOTAL OZONE;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449359292     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160902798411     Document Type: Article

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