The ACOS CO2 retrieval algorithm-Part 1: Description and validation against synthetic observations

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-121

  O'Dell, C W ^a   Connor, B ^b   Bosch H ^c   O'Brien, D ^a   Frankenberg, C ^d   Castano, R ^d   Christi, M ^a   Eldering, D ^d   Fisher, B ^d   Gunson, M ^d   McDuffie, J ^d   Miller, C E ^d   Natraj, V ^d   Oyafuso, F ^d   Polonsky, I ^a   Smyth, M ^d   Taylor, T ^a   Toon, G C ^d   Wennberg, P O ^d   Wunch, D ^d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b BC Consulting Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CIRRUS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GOSAT; METEOROLOGY; NOISE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD;

LAMBERTIA;

EID: 84859383772     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-99-2012     Document Type: Article

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