Retrieval of water vapor vertical distributions in the upper troposphere and the lower stratosphere from SCIAMACHY limb measurements

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 933-954

  Rozanov, A ^a   Weigel, K ^a   Bovensmann, H ^a   Dhomse, S ^a,d   Eichmann, K U ^a   Kivi, R ^b   Rozanov, V ^a   Vomel H ^c   Weber, M ^a   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; ALGORITHM; ENVISAT-1; SCIAMACHY; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84857763860     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-933-2011     Document Type: Article

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