Introduction to the FY-3A Total Ozone Unit: Instrument, performance and results

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 4749-4758

  Wang, Weihe ^a,b   Zhang, Xingying ^a,b,e   Wang, Yongmei ^c   Wang, Yingjian ^c   Zhang, Zhongmou ^e   Fu, Liping ^c   Jiang, Fang ^c   Liu, Guoyang ^d  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^c CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^d CHINA ACADEMY OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 80053127385     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.489073     Document Type: Editorial

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