The sensitivity of Western European NO2 columns to interannual variability of meteorology and emissions: A model - GOME study

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 182-188

  Savage, Nicholas H ^a,e   Pyle, John A ^a   Braesicke, Peter ^a   Wittrock, Folkard ^b   Richter, Andreas ^b   Nüß, Hendrik ^b   Burrows, John P ^b   Schultz, Martin G ^c,f   Pulles, Tinus ^d   van het Bolscher, Maarten ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

GOME; Interannual variability; Model; NO2

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GOME; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60149091164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.193     Document Type: Article

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