Error budget analysis of SCIAMACHY limb ozone profile retrievals using the SCIATRAN model

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2825-2837

  Rahpoe, N ^a   Von Savigny, C ^a,b   Weber, M ^a   Rozanov, A V ^a   Bovensmann, H ^a   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; OZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; SCIAMACHY; STRATOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887121224     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-2825-2013     Document Type: Article

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