Ground-based measurements of ozone and NO2 during MANTRA 1998 using a Zenith-sky spectrometer

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-338

  Bassford, Matthew R ^a,b   Strong, Kimberly ^a   McLinden, Chris A ^c   McElroy, C Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MINISTRY OF DEFENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 26844485198     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.430404     Document Type: Article

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