Derivation of tropospheric NO3 profiles using off-axis differential optical absorption spectroscopy measurements during sunrise and comparison with simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 13, 2002, Pages

  Von Friedeburg, Christoph ^a   Wagner, Thomas ^a   Geyer, Andreas ^a   Kaiser, Norbert ^a   Vogel, Bernhard ^b   Vogel, Heike ^b   Platt, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DOAS; Matrix algorithm; Nitrate radical; Off axis; Vertical distribution; Vertical profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448956485     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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