Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder HCl measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Froidevaux, L ^a   Jiang, Y B ^a   Lambert, A ^a   Livesey, N J ^a   Read, W G ^a   Waters, J W ^a   Fuller, R A ^a   Marcy, T P ^b,c,d   Popp, P J ^b,c   Gao, R S ^b   Fahey, D W ^b   Jucks, K W ^e   Stachnik, R A ^a   Toon, G C ^a   Christensen, L E ^a   Webster, C R ^a   Bernath, P F ^f,g   Boone, C D ^g   Walker, K A ^g,h   Pumphrey, H C ⁱ   Harwood, R S ⁱ   Manney, G L ^a,j   Schwartz, M J ^a   Daffer, W H ^a   Drouin, B J ^a   Cofield, R E ^a   Cuddy, D T ^a   Jarnot, R F ^a   Knosp, B W ^a   Perun, V S ^a   Snyder, W V ^a   Stek, P C ^a   Thurstans, R P ^a   Wagner, P A ^a   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics ^*  (United States)

^e HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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

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EID: 85210487789     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009025     Document Type: Article

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