First comparison between ground-based and satellite-borne measurements of troposheric nitrogen dioxide in the Po basin

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Petritoli, Andrea ^a   Bonasoni, Paolo ^a   Giovanelli, Giorgio ^a   Ravegnani, Fabrizio ^a   Kostadinov, Ivan ^a,b   Bortoli, Daniele ^a   Weiss, Andrea ^c   Schaub, Daniel ^c   Richter, Andreas ^c   Fortezza, Francesco ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d ARPA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Po basin; Satellite validation; Tropospheric NO2

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 6444231599     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004547     Document Type: Article

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