Technical Note: Measurement of the tropical UTLS composition in presence of clouds using millimetre-wave heterodyne spectroscopy

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1191-1207

  Dinelli, B M ^a   Castelli, E ^a   Carli, B ^b   Del Bianco, S ^b   Gai, M ^b   Santurri, L ^b   Moyna, B P ^c   Oldfield, M ^c   Siddans, R ^c   Gerber, D ^c   Reburn, W J ^c   Kerridge, B J ^c   Keim, C ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c RAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE SENSING; AIRBORNE SURVEY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INFRARED IMAGERY; NITRIC ACID; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 77950244437     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-1191-2009     Document Type: Article

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