Validation of MIPAS-ENVISAT H2O operational data collected between July 2002 and March 2004

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5791-5811

  Wetzel, G ^a   Oelhaf, H ^a   Berthet, G ^b   Bracher, A ^c,l   Cornacchia, C ^d   Feist, D G ^e   Fischer, H ^a   Fix, A ^f   Iarlori, M ^g   Kleinert, A ^a   Lengel, A ^a,m   Milz, M ^h   Mona, L ^d   Muller S C ^i,n   Ovarlez, J ^b   Pappalardo, G ^d   Piccolo, C ^j,o   Raspollini, P ^j   Renard, J B ^b   Rizi, V ^g   Rohs, S ^k   Schiller, C ^k   Stiller, G ^a   Weber, M ^c   Zhang, G ^a   more..

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^h LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^j IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^k FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^l ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^m CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

ⁿ METEOTEST ^*  (Switzerland)

^o MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84968544662     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-5791-2013     Document Type: Article

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