Case studies of the impact of orbital sampling on stratospheric trend detection and derivation of tropical vertical velocities: Solar occultation vs. limb emission sounding

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 11521-11534

  Millán, Luis F ^a   Livesey, Nathaniel J ^a   Santee, Michelle L ^a   Neu, Jessica L ^a   Manney, Gloria L ^b,c   Fuller, Ryan A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NorthWest Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DETECTION METHOD; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; SAMPLING; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84988644281     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-11521-2016     Document Type: Article

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