Interpreting SBUV smoothing errors: An example using the quasi-biennial oscillation

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2089-2099

  Kramarova, N A ^a   Bhartia, P K ^b   Frith, S M ^a   McPeters, R D ^b   Stolarski, R S ^c  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; AURA (SATELLITE); DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; MESOSPHERE; OZONE; OZONESONDE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SMOOTHING; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 84880870799     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-2089-2013     Document Type: Article

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