The ozone climate change initiative: Comparison of four Level-2 processors for the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS)

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 162, Issue , 2015, Pages 316-343

  Laeng, A ^a   Hubert, D ^b   Verhoelst, T ^b   von Clarmann, T ^a   Dinelli, B M ^c   Dudhia, A ^d   Raspollini, P ^e   Stiller, G ^a   Grabowski, U ^a   Keppens, A ^b   Kiefer, M ^a   Sofieva, V ^f   Froidevaux, L ^g   Walker, K A ^h   Lambert, J C ^b   Zehner, C ⁱ  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^f FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

MIPAS; Ozone

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; ITERATIVE METHODS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; OZONE; POLES; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTRA; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER FOR PASSIVE ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDINGS; MIPAS; REFERENCE INSTRUMENTS; REGULARIZATION APPROACH; REGULARIZATION SCHEMES; VERTICAL OZONE PROFILE; VOLUME MIXING RATIOS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84939974180     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.12.013     Document Type: Article

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