Trends, seasonal variability and dominant NOx source derived from a ten year record of NO2 measured from space

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  van der A , R J ^a   Eskes, H J ^a   Boersma, K F ^b   van Noije, T P C ^a   Van Roozendael, M ^c   De Smedt, I ^c   Peters, D H M U ^a,d   Meijer, E W ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

BIOMASS BURNING; GOME; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME SERIES; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42549164152     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009021     Document Type: Article

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