Observations of NO3 concentration profiles in the troposphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2002, Pages

  Allan, B J ^a   Plane, J M C ^a   Coe, H ^b   Shillito, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nitrate radical; Optimal estimation; Remote sensing; Retrieval; Zenith sky spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTATION THEORY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BOUNDARY LAYER; ESTIMATION METHOD; NITRATE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPECTROMETER; TROPOSPHERE; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 4444377448     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JD002112     Document Type: Article

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