Algorithm for NO2 vertical column retrieval from the ozone monitoring instrument

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1245-1257

  Bucsela, Eric J ^a,c   Celarier, Edward A ^a,d   Wenig, Mark O ^a,c   Gleason, James F ^a,e,f   Veefkind, J Pepijn ^b,g,h   Boersma, K Folkert ^b,i   Brinksma, Ellen J ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d SGT INC   (United States)

^e NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Mission

^f NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^g NASA OMI Science Team ^*  (Netherlands)

^h International OMI Science Team   (Netherlands)

ⁱ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Nitrogen dioxide (NO2); Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI); Troposphere

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS FACTORS (AMF); NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENT (OMI);

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OPTIMIZATION; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33646411803     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.863715     Document Type: Article

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