CRISTA-NF measurements with unprecedented vertical resolution during the RECONCILE aircraft campaign

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1173-1191

  Ungermann, J ^a   Kalicinsky, C ^b   Olschewski, F ^b   Knieling, P ^b   Hoffmann, L ^a   Blank, J ^a   Woiwode, W ^c   Oelhaf, H ^c   Hosen E ^b   Volk, C M ^b   Ulanovsky, A ^d   Ravegnani, F ^e   Weigel, K ^f   Stroh, F ^a   Riese, M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALGORITHM; ALTITUDE; CALIBRATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MIXING RATIO; POLAR VORTEX; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84861802915     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-1173-2012     Document Type: Article

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