New Aura Microwave Limb Sounder observations of BrO and implications for Bry

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1741-1751

  Millan L ^a   Livesey, N ^a   Read, W ^a   Froidevaux, L ^a   Kinnison, D ^b   Harwood, R ^c   MacKenzie, I A ^c   Chipperfield, M P ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BROMINE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880563683     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-1741-2012     Document Type: Article

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