Time dependent profile retrieval of UV/vis absorbing radicals from balloon-borne limb measurements - A case study on NO2 and O 3

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 933-946

  Kritten, L ^a   Butz, A ^b   Dorf, M ^a   Deutschmann, T ^a   Kuhl S ^c   Prados Roman, C ^a   Pukite J ^c   Rozanov, A ^d   Schofield, R ^e   Pfeilsticker, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 79951516130     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-3-933-2010     Document Type: Article

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