Water vapour profiles from SCIAMACHY solar occultation measurements derived with an onion peeling approach

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 523-535

  Noel S ^a   Bramstedt, K ^a   Rozanov, A ^a   Bovensmann, H ^a   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84857771091     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-3-523-2010     Document Type: Article

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