Comparison of OMI and ground-based in situ and MAX-DOAS measurements of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide in an urban area

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Kramer, Louisa J ^a   Leigh, Roland J ^a   Remedios, John J ^a   Monks, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMILUMINESCENCE; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PIXELS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DATA SET; FIELD OF VIEW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOMS; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 56249137937     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009168     Document Type: Article

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