Tropospheric ozone and ozone profiles retrieved from GOME-2 and their validation

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 385-398

  Miles, G M ^a   Siddans, R ^a   Kerridge, B J ^a   Latter, B G ^a   Richards, N A D ^b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOME; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; PIXEL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84921465339     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-385-2015     Document Type: Article

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