SAGE version 7.0 algorithm: Application to SAGE II

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3539-3561

  Damadeo, R P ^a   Zawodny, J M ^a   Thomason, L W ^a   Iyer, N ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; STRATOSPHERE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887251659     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-3539-2013     Document Type: Article

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