The NOAA Twin Otter and its role in BRACE: Platform description

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 4177-4189

  Luke, Winston T ^a   Arnold, Jeffrey R ^a   Laureen Gunter, R ^a   Watson, Thomas B ^b,c   Wellman, Dennis L ^a   Dasgupta, Purnendu K ^d   Li, Jianzhong ^d   Riemer, Daniel ^e   Tate, Paul ^f  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Field Research Division   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air quality; Aircraft; Oxides of nitrogen; Ozone; Trace gas measurement

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OZONE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CALIBRATION PROCEDURES; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENT; PLATFORM DESCRIPTION; TRACE GAS MEASUREMENT;

MEASUREMENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BAY; CALIBRATION; INSTRUMENT PLATFORM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRACE GAS;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WIND;

EID: 34249328120     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.09.055     Document Type: Article

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