The horizontal resolution of MIPAS

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-54

  Von Clarmann, T ^a   De Clercq, C ^b   Ridolfi, M ^c   Hopfner M ^a   Lambert, J C ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DATA ASSIMILATION; INTERFEROMETER; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 79960543648     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-2-47-2009     Document Type: Article

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