Ozone profilE retrieval algorithm (OPERA) for nadir-looking satellite instruments in the UV-VIS

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 859-876

  Van Peet, J C A ^a   Van Der A, R J ^a   Tuinder, O N E ^a   Wolfram, E ^b   Salvador, J ^b   Levelt, P F ^a,c   Kelder, H M ^a,d  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b CEILAP UNIDEF (MINDEF CONICET)   (Argentina)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA ACQUISITION; GOME; LIDAR; NADIR; OZONE; SCIAMACHY; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84898733208     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-859-2014     Document Type: Article

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