An improved retrieval of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide from GOME

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2002, Pages

  Martin, Randall V ^a   Chance, Kelly ^b   Jacob, Daniel J ^a   Kurosu, Thomas P ^b   Spurr, Robert J D ^b   Bucsela, Eric ^c   Gleason, James F ^c   Palmer, Paul I ^a   Bey, Isabelle ^a,d   Fiore, Arlene M ^a   Li, Qinbin ^a   Yantosca, Robert M ^a   Koelemeijer, Robert B A ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

0345 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Pollution urban and regional (0305); 0365 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Troposphere Composition and chemistry; 0394 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Instruments and techniques

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; CLOUD; EMISSION; GOME; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TROPOSPHERE;

AFRICA; ASIA; CENTRAL AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HOUSTON; INDIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646516193     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001027     Document Type: Article

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