Near infrared nadir retrieval of vertical column densities: Methodology and application to SCIAMACHY

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2633-2657

  Gimeno Garcia S ^a,b   Schreier, F ^a   Lichtenberg, G ^a   Slijkhuis, S ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVISAT-1; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; METHANE; NADIR; NEAR INFRARED; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TIME SERIES; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 84857744832     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-2633-2011     Document Type: Article

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