Gauss-Seidel limb scattering (GSLS) radiative transfer model development in support of the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) limb profiler mission

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3007-3020

  Loughman, R ^a   Flittner, D ^b   Nyaku, E ^a   Bhartia, P K ^c  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; PROFILER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION;

SIRO;

EID: 84925003500     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-3007-2015     Document Type: Article

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