Consistent satellite XCO2 retrievals from SCIAMACHY and GOSAT using the BESD algorithm

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2961-2980

  Heymann, J ^a   Reuter, M ^a   Hilker, M ^a   Buchwitz, M ^a   Schneising, O ^a   Bovensmann, H ^a   Burrows, J P ^a   Kuze, A ^b   Suto, H ^b   Deutscher, N M ^a,d   Dubey, M K ^c   Griffith, D W T ^d   Hase, F ^e   Kawakami, S ^b   Kivi, R ^f   Morino, I ^g   Petri, C ^a   Roehl, C ^h   Schneider, M ^e   Sherlock, V ^i,j   Sussmann, R ^e   Velazco, V A ^d   Warneke, T ^a   Wunch, D ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^j LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ALGORITHM; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVISAT; FORECASTING METHOD; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GOSAT; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OCO; SATELLITE DATA; SCIAMACHY;

EID: 84937782981     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-2961-2015     Document Type: Article

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