Retrieval and monitoring of atmospheric trace gas concentrations in nadir and limb geometry using the space-borne SCIAMACHY instrument

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 65-77

  Sierk, B ^a   Richter, A ^a   Rozanov, A ^a   Von Savigny, Ch ^a   Schmoltner, A M ^a   Buchwitz, M ^a   Bovensmann, H ^a   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Optical absorption spectroscopy; Satellite remote sensing; Tropospheric trace gases

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRACE GAS CONCENTRATIONS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING IMAGING ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER FOR ATMOSPHERIC CHARTOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERIC TRACE GASES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALGORITHMS; GEOMETRY; POLLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; TRACE ELEMENTS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

NITRITE; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SPACECRAFT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; SPECTROSCOPY; TRACE GAS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ALGORITHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; GAS ANALYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; SPACE FLIGHT; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33746891856     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9049-9     Document Type: Review

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