New retrieval of BrO from SCIAMACHY limb: An estimate of the stratospheric bromine loading during April 2008

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2549-2561

  Parrella, J P ^a   Chance, K ^b   Salawitch, R J ^c   Canty, T ^c   Dorf, M ^d   Pfeilsticker, K ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOON OBSERVATION; BROMINE; ERROR ANALYSIS; SCIAMACHY; STRATOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84885345191     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-2549-2013     Document Type: Article

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