ACE-FTS ozone, water vapour, nitrous oxide, nitric acid, and carbon monoxide profile comparisons with MIPAS and MLS

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 186, Issue , 2017, Pages 63-80

  Sheese, Patrick E ^a   Walker, Kaley A ^a,b   Boone, Chris D ^b   Bernath, Peter F ^c   Froidevaux, Lucien ^d   Funke, Bernd ^e   Raspollini, Piera ^f   von Clarmann, Thomas ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^f IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^g KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACE FTS; MIPAS; MLS; Profile comparison; Satellite limb sounding; Stratospheric and mesospheric trace gases

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; IONOSPHERE; NASA; NITROGEN OXIDES; SATELLITES;

ACE-FTS; LIMB SOUNDING; MIPAS; PROFILE COMPARISON; TRACE-GASES;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON MONOXIDE; MESOSPHERE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MIPAS; NITRIC ACID; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TRACE GAS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84993983128     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2016.06.026     Document Type: Article

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