Validation of OMI tropospheric NO2 column data using MAX-DOAS measurements deep inside the North China Plain in June 2006: Mount Tai Experiment 2006

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 6577-6586

  Irie, H ^a   Kanaya, Y ^a   Akimoto, H ^a   Tanimoto, H ^b   Wang, Z ^c   Gleason, J F ^d   Bucsela, E J ^e  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANDONG; TAI SHAN;

EID: 56449107198     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-6577-2008     Document Type: Article

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