GOME-2 total ozone columns from MetOp-A/MetOp-B and assimilation in the MACC system

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2937-2951

  Hao, N ^a   Koukouli, M E ^b   Inness, A ^c   Valks, P ^a   Loyola, D G ^a   Zimmer, W ^a   Balis, D S ^b   Zyrichidou, I ^b   Van Roozendael, M ^d   Lerot, C ^d   Spurr, R J D ^e  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^e RT Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GOME; METOP; SATELLITE MISSION; TOTAL OZONE;

EID: 84907157990     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-2937-2014     Document Type: Article

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