The MUSICA MetOp/IASI H2O and δd products: Characterisation and long-term comparison to NDACC/FTIR data

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2719-2732

  Wiegele, A ^a   Schneider, M ^a   Hase, F ^a   Barthlott, S ^a   Garcia O E ^b   Sepulveda E ^b,c   Gonzalez Y ^b   Blumenstock, T ^a   Raffalski, U ^d   Gisi, M ^a,e   Kohlhepp, R ^a,f  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Agencia Estatal de Meteorologiá   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^e Bruker Optics Inc   (United States)

^f DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84924958628     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-2719-2014     Document Type: Article

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