Global tropospheric ozone variations from 2003 to 2011 as seen by SCIAMACHY

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 417-436

  Ebojie, F ^a   Burrows, J P ^a   Gebhardt, C ^a   Ladstatter Weissenmayer A ^a   Von Savigny, C ^b   Rozanov, A ^a   Weber, M ^a   Bovensmann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

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EID: 84956500978     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-417-2016     Document Type: Article

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