First satellite observations of lower tropospheric ammonia and methanol

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Beer, Reinhard ^a   Shephard, Mark W ^b   Kulawik, Susan S ^a   Clough, Shepard A ^c   Eldering, Annmarie ^a   Bowman, Kevin W ^a   Sander, Stanley P ^a   Fisher, Brendan M ^a   Payne, Vivienne H ^b   Luo, Mingzhao ^a   Osterman, Gregory B ^a   Worden, John R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Clough Radiation Associates   (United States)

^c ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; METHANOL; TROPOSPHERE;

EOS-AURA; GLOBAL MEASUREMENTS; INFRARED RADIANCES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TROPOSPHERIC EMISSION SPECTROMETER;

SATELLITES;

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EOS; METHANOL; REMOTE SENSING; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 42949158716     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033642     Document Type: Article

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