Intercomparison of SCIAMACHY nitrogen dioxide observations, in situ measurements and air quality modeling results over Western Europe

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Blond, Nadege ^a,e   Boersma, K F ^b   Eskes, H J ^b   van der A, R J ^b   Van Roozendael, Michel ^c   De Smedt, Isabelle ^c   Bergametti, G ^a   Vautard, R ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARTOGRAPHY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE MISSION; SPECTROMETER; TROPOSPHERE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547606514     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007277     Document Type: Article

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