Carbon dioxide atmospheric vertical profiles retrieved from space observation using ACE-FTS solar occultation instrument

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2455-2470

  Foucher, P Y ^a,b   Chedin A ^a   Armante, R ^a   Boone, C ^c   Crevoisier, C ^a   Bernath, P ^c,d  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b ONERA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NADIR; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 79952729145     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-2455-2011     Document Type: Article

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