A multi-sensor upper tropospheric ozone product (MUTOP) based on TES Ozone and GOES water vapor: Derivation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 6515-6527

  Felker, S R ^a   Moody, J L ^a   Wimmers, A J ^b   Osterman, G ^c   Bowman, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURA (SATELLITE); GOES; MIXING RATIO; NADIR; OZONE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE; VISUALIZATION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 79960175565     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-6515-2011     Document Type: Article

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