Improving ozone profile retrieval from spaceborne UV backscatter spectrometers using convergence behaviour diagnostics

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1555-1568

  Mijling, B ^a   Tuinder, O N E ^a   Van Oss, R F ^a   Van Der A, R J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80053054597     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-3-1555-2010     Document Type: Article

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