Six years of total ozone column measurements from SCIAMACHY nadir observations

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-98

  Lerot, C ^a   Van Roozendael, M ^a   Van Geffen, J ^a   Van Gent, J ^a   Fayt, C ^a   Spurr, R ^b   Lichtenberg, G ^c   Von Bargen, A ^c  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b RT Solutions Inc   (United States)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GOME; NADIR; OZONE; SCIAMACHY; TREND ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 74049138583     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-2-87-2009     Document Type: Article

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