Linear trends in cloud top height from passive observations in the oxygen A-band

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5679-5692

  Lelli, L ^a   Kokhanovsky, A A ^a,b   Rozanov, V V ^a   Vountas, M ^a   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b EUMETSAT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GOME; OXYGEN; REGIONAL PATTERN; SCIAMACHY; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 84902121884     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-5679-2014     Document Type: Article

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