13 years of MOPITT operations: Lessons from MOPITT retrieval algorithm development

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 56, Issue FAST TRACK 1, 2014, Pages

  Worden, H M ^a   Deeter, M N ^a   Edwards, D P ^a   Gille, J ^a   Drummond, J ^b   Emmons, L K ^a   Francis, G ^a   Martinez Alonso S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; MOPITT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TERRA (SATELLITE); TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84899985245     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4401/ag-6330     Document Type: Article

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