Comparison of the MIPAS products obtained by four different level 2 processors

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 56, Issue FAST TRACK 1, 2013, Pages

  Raspollini, Piera ^a   Arnone, Enrico ^b   Barbara, Flavio ^a   Carli, Bruno ^a   Castelli, Elisa ^b   Ceccherini, Simone ^a   Dinelli, Bianca Maria ^b   Dudhia, Anu ^c   Kiefer, Michael ^d   Papandrea, Enzo ^e   Ridolfi, Marco ^e  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOPHYSICS; MIPAS;

EID: 84923849452     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4401/ag-6338     Document Type: Article

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