Spostlaunch performance of the suomi national polar-orbiting partnership ozone mapping and profiler suite (OMPS) nadir sensors

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4413-4428

  Seftor, C J ^a   Jaross, G ^b   Kowitt, M ^a   Haken, M ^a   Li, J ^a   Flynn, L E ^c  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FILTER; INSTRUMENTATION; NADIR; OZONE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR;

EID: 84905384823     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020472     Document Type: Article

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