Toward a combined SAGE II-HALOE aerosol climatology: An evaluation of HALOE version 19 stratospheric aerosol extinction coefficient observations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 8177-8188

  Thomason, L W ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLIMATOLOGY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; STRATOSPHERE;

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EID: 84880752224     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-8177-2012     Document Type: Article

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