Long-term analysis of carbon dioxide and methane column-averaged mole fractions retrieved from SCIAMACHY

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2863-2880

  Schneising, O ^a   Buchwitz, M ^a   Reuter, M ^a   Heymann, J ^a   Bovensmann, H ^a   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVISAT-1; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NEAR INFRARED; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCIAMACHY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 79953216014     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-2863-2011     Document Type: Article

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