MIPAS-STR measurements in the Arctic UTLS in winter/spring 2010: Instrument characterization, retrieval and validation

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1205-1228

  Woiwode, W ^a   Oelhaf, H ^a   Gulde, T ^a   Piesch, C ^a   Maucher, G ^a   Ebersoldt, A ^a   Keim, C ^a,g   Hopfner M ^a   Khaykin, S ^b   Ravegnani, F ^c   Ulanovsky, A E ^b   Volk, C M ^d   Hosen E ^d   Dornbrack A ^e   Ungermann, J ^f   Kalicinsky, C ^d   Orphal, J ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^g AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRCRAFT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CALIBRATION; INTERFEROMETER; MIPAS; OZONE; POLAR VORTEX; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 84861837361     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-1205-2012     Document Type: Article

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