Characterizing sampling biases in the trace gas climatologies of the SPARC Data Initiative

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 11,847-11,862

  Toohey, M ^a   Hegglin, M I ^b   Tegtmeier, S ^a   Anderson, J ^c   Anel J A ^d,e   Bourassa, A ^f   Brohede, S ^g,h   Degenstein, D ^f   Froidevaux, L ⁱ   Fuller, R ⁱ   Funke, B ^j   Gille, J ^k,l   Jones, A ^m   Kasai, Y ⁿ   Kruger K ^a,o   Kyrola E ^p   Neu, J L ^h   Rozanov, A ^q   Smith, L ^k   Urban, J ^g   Von Clarmann, T ^r   Walker, K A ^m   Wang, R H J ^s   more..

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^g CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^h FLUXSENSE AB   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^k NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^p FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^r KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^s GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

climatologies; sampling; satellite measurements; stratosphere

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GASES; INSTRUMENTS; SAMPLING; SATELLITES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE MODELS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NONUNIFORM SAMPLING; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERIC TRACE GAS;

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ACQUISITION; OZONE; SAMPLING BIAS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER;

EID: 84888155091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50874     Document Type: Article

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