Comparison of OMI ozone and UV irradiance data with ground-based measurements at two French sites

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4517-4528

  Buchard, V ^a   Brogniez, C ^a   Auriol, F ^a   Bonnel, B ^a   Lenoble, J ^a,b   Tanskanen, A ^c   Bojkov, B ^d   Veefkind, P ^e  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHM; CLEAR SKY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IRRADIANCE; OZONE; SATELLITE DATA; TOMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 49449118590     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-4517-2008     Document Type: Article

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