Validation of version-4.61 methane and nitrous oxide observed by MIPAS

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 413-442

  Payan, S ^a   Camy Peyret, C ^a   Oelhaf, H ^b   Wetzel, G ^b   Maucher, G ^b   Keim, C ^b   Pirre, M ^c   Huret, N ^c   Engel, A ^d   Volk, M C ^d   Kuellmann, H ^e   Kuttippurath, J ^e,p   Cortesi, U ^f   Bianchini, G ^f   Mencaraglia, F ^f   Raspollini, P ^f   Redaelli, G ^g   Vigouroux, C ^h   DeMaziere M ^h   Mikuteit, S ^b   Blumenstock, T ^b   Velazco, V ^e   Notholt, J ^e   Mahieu, E ⁱ   Duchatelet, P ⁱ   Smale, D ^j   Wood, S ^j   Jones, N ^k   Piccolo, C ^l   Payne, V ^m   Bracher, A ^e   Glatthor, N ^b   Stiller, G ^b   Grunow, K ⁿ   Jeseck, P ^a   Te, Y ^a   Butz, A ^o   more..

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^h BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^m ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁿ FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^p ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BALLOON OBSERVATION; ENVISAT-1; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; METHANE; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROUS OXIDE; SAMPLING BIAS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCIAMACHY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 77950212247     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-413-2009     Document Type: Article

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