Validation of stratospheric and mesospheric ozone observed by SMILES from International Space Station

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2311-2338

  Kasai, Y ^a,b   Sagawa, H ^a   Kreyling, D ^a   Dupuy, E ^a,c   Baron, P ^a   Mendrok, J ^a,d   Suzuki, K ^a,e   Sato, T O ^a,b   Nishibori, T ^a,f   Mizobuchi, S ^f   Kikuchi, K ^a   Manabe, T ^g   Ozeki, H ^h   Sugita, T ^d   Fujiwara, M ⁱ   Irimajiri, Y ^a   Walker, K A ^j,k   Bernath, P F ^l   Boone, C ^k   Stiller, G ^m   Von Clarmann, T ^m   Orphal, J ^m   Urban, J ⁿ   Murtagh, D ⁿ   Llewellyn, E J ^o   Degenstein, D ^o   Bourassa, A E ^o   Lloyd, N D ^o   Froidevaux, L ^p   Birk, M ^q   Wagner, G ^q   Schreier, F ^q   Xu, J ^q   Vogt, P ^q   Trautmann, T ^q   Yasui, M ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^g Osaka City University   (Japan)

^h TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^l OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁿ CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^p CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^q GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DATA SET; MESOSPHERE; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPACECRAFT; STRATOSPHERE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; VERTICAL PROFILE; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84879974659     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-2311-2013     Document Type: Article

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