Measurements of total and tropospheric ozone from IASI: Comparison with correlative satellite, ground-based and ozonesonde observations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6255-6271

  Boynard, A ^a,b   Clerbaux, C ^a   Coheur, P F ^c   Hurtmans, D ^c   Turquety, S ^a   George, M ^a   Hadji Lazaro, J ^a   Keim, C ^b   Meyer Arnek, J ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GOME; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETRY; OZONESONDE; TOTAL OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 80051996495     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-6255-2009     Document Type: Article

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