Measurements of nitrogen dioxide total column amounts using a Brewer double spectrophotometer in direct Sun mode

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Cede, Alexander ^a,b   Herman, Jay ^b   Richter, Andreas ^c   Krotkov, Nickolay ^b,d   Burrows, John ^c  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SUN;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646354631     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006585     Document Type: Article

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