Measurement of the Arctic UTLS composition in presence of clouds using millimetre-wave heterodyne spectroscopy

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2683-2701

  Castelli, E ^a   Dinelli, B M ^a   Del Bianco, S ^b   Gerber, D ^c   Moyna, B P ^c   Siddans, R ^c   Kerridge, B J ^c   Cortesi, U ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^c Harwell Oxford ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLEAR SKY; DATA INTERPRETATION; NITROUS OXIDE; POLAR REGION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

KIRUNA; NORRBOTTEN; SWEDEN;

EID: 84885748212     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-2683-2013     Document Type: Article

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