SCIAMACHY stratospheric aerosol extinction profile retrieval using the OMPS/LP algorithm

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 547-556

  Taha, G ^a   Rault, D F ^b   Loughman, R P ^c   Bourassa, A E ^d   Von Savigny, C ^e  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; OZONE; RADIANCE; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; STRATOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84857722189     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-547-2011     Document Type: Article

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