Retrieval of stratospheric NO2 vertical profiles from ground-based measurements at Vanscoy, Saskatchewan

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 54-56

  Melo, S M L ^a   Strong, K ^a   Farahani, E ^a   Bassford, M R ^a   Preston, K E ^a   McElroy, C T ^a   Rozanov, E V ^a   Egorova, T ^a   Nowlan, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ESTIMATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

COMPOSITION AND PHOTODISSOCIATIVE FLUX MEASUREMENT; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN TREND ASSESSMENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SLANT COLUMN MEASUREMENT; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROMETER;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

EID: 0036030392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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