Diurnal variations of stratospheric ozone measured by ground-based microwave remote sensing at the Mauna Loa NDACC site: Measurement validation and GEOSCCM model comparison

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 7255-7272

  Parrish, A ^a   Boyd, I S ^b   Nedoluha, G E ^c   Bhartia, P K ^d   Frith, S M ^e   Kramarova, N A ^e   Connor, B J ^f   Bodeker, G E ^g   Froidevaux, L ^h   Shiotani, M ⁱ   Sakazaki, T ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Contractor to BC Scientific Consulting LLC ^*  (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^f BC Scientific Consulting LLC   (New Zealand)

^g BODEKER SCIENTIFIC   (New Zealand)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 84904327787     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-7255-2014     Document Type: Article

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