Articles | Volume 7, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3861-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3861-2014
Research article
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21 Nov 2014
Research article |  | 21 Nov 2014

Long-term evolution and seasonal modulation of methanol above Jungfraujoch (46.5° N, 8.0° E): optimisation of the retrieval strategy, comparison with model simulations and independent observations

W. Bader, T. Stavrakou, J.-F. Muller, S. Reimann, C. D. Boone, J. J. Harrison, O. Flock, B. Bovy, B. Franco, B. Lejeune, C. Servais, and E. Mahieu

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