Fast cloud parameter retrievals of MIPAS/Envisat

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 7135-7164

  Spang, R ^a   Arndt, K ^a,g   Dudhia, A ^b   Hopfner M ^d   Hoffmann, L ^a   Hurley, J ^b   Grainger, R G ^b   Griessbach, S ^a   Poulsen, C ^c   Remedios, J J ^e   Riese, M ^a   Sembhi, H ^e   Siddans, R ^c   Waterfall, A ^c   Zehner, C ^f  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^g Thinking Networks AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CLOUD COVER; ENVISAT-1; INFRARED IMAGERY; LIDAR; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84869059085     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-7135-2012     Document Type: Article

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