Nitrogen oxide measurements at rural sites in Switzerland: Bias of conventional measurement techniques

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Steinbacher, Martin ^a   Zellweger, C ^a   Schwarzenbach, B ^a   Bugmann, S ^a   Buchmann, B ^a   Ordonez C ^b,c   Prevot, A S H ^b   Hueglin, C ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; NITROGEN OXIDES; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AIR MASS; LUMINESCENCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOLYBDENUM; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; SATELLITE DATA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34548099011     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007971     Document Type: Article

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