A method for merging nadir-sounding climate records, with an application to the global-mean stratospheric temperature data sets from SSU and AMSU

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 9271-9284

  McLandress, C ^a   Shepherd, T G ^b   Jonsson, A I ^a   Von Clarmann, T ^c   Funke, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMSU; MIPAS; NADIR; STRATOSPHERE; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 84939857102     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-9271-2015     Document Type: Article

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