Fire at Iraqi sulfur plant emits SO2 clouds detected by Earth Probe TOMS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Carn, S A ^a   Krueger, A J ^a   Krotkov, N A ^b   Gray, M A ^c  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c L 3 Government Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

0345 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Pollution urban and regional (0305); 0365 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Troposphere composition and chemistry; 0368 Atmospheric Composifion and Structure: Troposphere constituent transport and chemistry; 0394 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Instruments and techniques

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PLANTS; CLOUDS; COMBUSTION; GAS EMISSIONS; MAPPING; OZONE; SPECTROMETERS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AL-MISHRAQ STATE SULFUR PLANT, IRAQ; EARTH PROBE TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER (EP TOMS); GAS CLOUDS; NON-VOLCANIC EMISSIONS;

FIRE PROTECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FIRE; SULFUR EMISSION; TOMS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; MOSUL; NINAWA; WORLD;

EID: 11044221393     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020719     Document Type: Article

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