The greenhouse gas project of Esa's climate change initiative (GHG-CCI): Overview, achievements and future plans

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 40, Issue 7W3, 2015, Pages 165-172

  Buchwitz, M ^a   Reuter, M ^a   Schneising, O ^a   Boesch, H ^b   Aben, I ^c   Alexe, M ^d   Armante, R ^e   Bergamaschi, P ^d   Bovensmann, H ^a   Brunner, D ^f   Buchmann, B ^f   Burrows, J P ^a   Butz, A ^g   Chevallier, F ^h   Chedin A ^e   Crevoisier, C D ^e   Gonzi, S ⁱ   De Maziere M ^j   De Wachter, E ^j   Detmers, R ^c   Dils, B ^j   Frankenberg, C ^k   Hahne, P ^g   Hasekamp, O P ^c   Hewson, W ^b   Heymann, J ^a   Houweling, S ^c   Hilker, M ^l   Kaminski, T ^f   Kuhlmann, G ^f   Laeng, A ^c   Leeuwen, T T V ^c   Lichtenberg, G ^m   Marshall, J ⁿ   Noel S ^a   Notholt, J ^a   Palmer, P ⁱ   Parker, R ^b   Scholze, M ^o   Stiller, G P ^g   Warneke, T ^a   Zehner, C ^p   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^f SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^g KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^h LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^j BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^k CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l The Inversion Lab   (Germany)

^m GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

ⁿ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^o LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Climate change; Emissions; GOSAT; Greenhouse gases; Remote sensing; Satellites; SCIAMACHY

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GREENHOUSE GASES; INFRARED DEVICES; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS;

CARBON CYCLES; CH 4; CLIMATE VARIABLES; DATA SET; EMISSION; GAS PROJECTS; GOSAT; GREENHOUSES GAS; REMOTE-SENSING; SCIAMACHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84930406752     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-7-W3-165-2015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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