Evaluation of balloon and satellite water vapour measurements in the Southern tropical and subtropical UTLS during the HIBISCUS campaign

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5299-5319

  Montoux, N ^a,b   Hauchecorne, A ^a   Pommereau, J P ^a   Lefever F ^a   Durry, G ^a,c   Jones, R L ^d   Rozanov, A ^e   Dhomse, S ^e,f   Burrows, J P ^e   Morel, B ^b   Bencherif, H ^b  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BALLOON OBSERVATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MIXING RATIO; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECISION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SCIAMACHY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR;

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EID: 76149115031     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-5299-2009     Document Type: Article

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