Regional NOx emission inversion through a four-dimensional variational approach using SCIAMACHY tropospheric NO2 column observations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 32, 2009, Pages 5046-5055

  Chai, Tianfeng ^a   Carmichael, Gregory R ^a   Tang, Youhua ^a   Sandu, Adrian ^b   Heckel, Andreas ^c   Richter, Andreas ^c   Burrows, John P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adjoint; Assimilation; Emission inversion; NO2 column; NOx emission

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT; ASSIMILATION; EMISSION INVERSION; NO2 COLUMN; NOX EMISSION;

GAS EMISSIONS; SPECTROMETERS; TROPOSPHERE;

REDUCTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

ADJOINT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; NITROGEN OXIDES; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO VALLEY; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 69649084458     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.06.052     Document Type: Article

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