Uncertainty budgets of major ozone absorption cross sections used in UV
remote sensing applications

Weber, Mark; Gorshelev, Victor; Serdyuchenko, Anna

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4459-2016

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08 Sep 2016

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Uncertainty budgets of major ozone absorption cross sections used in UV remote sensing applications

Mark Weber, Victor Gorshelev, and Anna Serdyuchenko

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