BrO emission from volcanoes: A survey using GOME and SCIAMACHY measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Afe, Oluyemi T ^a   Richter, Andreas ^a   Sierk, Bernd ^a   Wittrock, Folkard ^a   Burrows, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

0322 Atmospheric composition and structure: Constituent sources and sinks; 0365 Atmospheric composition and structure: Troposphere Composition and chemistry; 0370 Atmospheric composition and structure: Volcanic effects (8409); 0394 Atmospheric composition and structure: Instruments and techniques

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; GAS EMISSIONS; OZONE; SATELLITES; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

BROMINE OXIDE EMISSIONS; GLOBAL OZONE MONITORING EXPERIMENT (GOME); SCANNING IMAGING ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER FOR ATMOSPHERIC CHARTOGRAPHY; SCIAMACHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

VOLCANOES;

BROMINE COMPOUND; OXIDE; SATELLITE DATA; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC GAS;

EID: 14544269867     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020994     Document Type: Article

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