Global tropospheric NO2 column distributions: Comparing three-dimensional model calculations with GOME measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D12, 2001, Pages 12643-12660

  Velders, Guus J M ^a,b   Granier, Claire ^b,c,d   Portmann, Robert W ^b   Pfeilsticker, Klaus ^b,e   Wenig, Mark ^e   Wagner, Thomas ^e   Platt, Ulrich ^e   Richter, Andreas ^f   Burrows, John P ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOME; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RADIATIVE FORCING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034914695     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900762     Document Type: Article

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