Validation of the MetOp-A total ozone data from GOME-2 and IASI using reference ground-based measurements at the Iberian Peninsula

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1380-1386

  Anton M ^a   Loyola, D ^b   Clerbaux, C ^c   Lopez M ^d   Vilaplana, J M ^e   Banon M ^d   Hadji Lazaro, J ^c   Valks, P ^b   Hao, N ^b   Zimmer, W ^b   Coheur, P F ^f   Hurtmans, D ^f   Alados Arboledas, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia AEMET   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brewer spectrophotometer; GOME 2; IASI; MetOp A; Ozone; Validation

Indexed keywords

BREWER SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; GOME-2; IASI; METOP-A; VALIDATION;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OZONE; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

SATELLITES;

BACKSCATTER; GOME; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MODEL VALIDATION; OZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ZENITH ANGLE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 79953228017     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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