Global emissions of non-methane hydrocarbons deduced from SCIAMACHY formaldehyde columns through 2003-2006

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3663-3679

  Stavrakou, T ^a   Muller J F ^a   De Smedt, I ^a   Van Roozendael, M ^a   Van Der Werf, G R ^b   Giglio, L ^c   Guenther, A ^d  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; ENVISAT-1; FORMALDEHYDE; GOME; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON; SCIAMACHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TROPICAL REGION;

AMAZON BASIN; INDOCHINA; INDONESIA;

EID: 77950137128     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-3663-2009     Document Type: Article

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