Retrieval of three-dimensional small-scale structures in upper-tropospheric/lower-stratospheric composition as measured by GLORIA

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-95

  Kaufmann, M ^a   Blank, J ^a,h   Guggenmoser, T ^a   Ungermann, J ^a   Engel, A ^f   Ern, M ^a   Friedl Vallon, F ^b   Gerber, D ^d   Grooss J U ^a   Guenther, G ^a   Hopfner M ^b   Kleinert, A ^b   Kretschmer, E ^b   Latzko, Th ^b   Maucher, G ^b   Neubert, T ^a   Nordmeyer, H ^b   Oelhaf, H ^b   Olschewski, F ^c   Orphal, J ^b   Preusse, P ^a   Schlager, H ^g   Schneider, H ^a   Schuettemeyer, D ^e   Stroh, F ^a   Suminska Ebersoldt, O ^b   Vogel, B ^a   Volk, C M ^c   Woiwode, W ^b   Riese, M ^a   more..

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^f GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^h GOOGLE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITRATE; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRATOSPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84920546913     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-81-2015     Document Type: Article

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