Zenith-sky observations of stratospheric gases: The sensitivity of air mass factors to geophysical parameters and the influence of tropospheric clouds

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 657-677

  Bassford, Matthew R ^a   McLinden, Chris A ^b   Strong, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air mass factor (AMF); Cloud; NO2; Ozone; Radiative transfer model; Zenith sky spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CLOUD COVER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STRATOSPHERE;

CLOUDS; HEAT RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIR MASS FACTOR (AMF); ZENITH-SKY SPECTROSCOPY;

GASES;

EID: 0034745398     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(00)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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