The greenhouse gas climate change initiative (GHG-CCI): Comparative validation of GHG-CCI SCIAMACHY/ENVISAT and TANSO-FTS/GOSAT CO2 and CH4 retrieval algorithm products with measurements from the TCCON

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1723-1744

  Dils, B ^a   Buchwitz, M ^b   Reuter, M ^b   Schneising, O ^b   Boesch, H ^c   Parker, R ^c   Guerlet, S ^d,j   Aben, I ^d   Blumenstock, T ^e   Burrows, J P ^b   Butz, A ^e   Deutscher, N M ^b,g   Frankenberg, C ^f   Hase, F ^e   Hasekamp, O P ^d   Heymann, J ^b   De Maziere M ^a   Notholt, J ^b   Sussmann, R ^e   Warneke, T ^b   Griffith, D ^g   Sherlock, V ^h,k   Wunch, D ⁱ   more..

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^k LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVISAT-1; GOSAT; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; SATELLITE DATA; SCIAMACHY;

BREMEN [GERMANY]; GERMANY;

EID: 84902440911     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-1723-2014     Document Type: Article

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