Tropospheric ozone from IASI: Comparison of different inversion algorithms and validation with ozone sondes in the northern middle latitudes

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 9329-9347

  Keim, C ^a,o   Eremenko, M ^a   Orphal, J ^a   Dufour, G ^a   Flaud, J M ^a   Hopfner M ^b   Boynard, A ^c   Clerbaux, C ^c   Payan, S ^c   Coheur, P F ^d   Hurtmans, D ^d   Claude, H ^e   Dier, H ^e   Johnson, B ^f   Kelder, H ^g   Kivi, R ^h   Koide, T ⁱ   Bartolomé, M López ^j   Lambkin, K ^k   Moore, D ^l   Schmidlin, F J ^m   Stubi R ⁿ   more..

^a LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^h FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁱ JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^j Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia AEMET   (Spain)

^k Irish Meteorological Service   (Ireland)

^l MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^m NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^o AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BALLOON OBSERVATION; GEOMETRY; NADIR; OZONE; SATELLITE DATA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 72849126581     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-9329-2009     Document Type: Article

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