Comparison of OMI NO2 tropospheric columns with an ensemble of global and European regional air quality models

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3273-3296

  Huijnen, V ^a   Eskes, H J ^a   Poupkou, A ^b   Elbern, H ^c   Boersma, K F ^a   Foret, G ^d   Sofiev, M ^e   Valdebenito, A ^f   Flemming, J ^g   Stein, O ^h,i   Gross, A ^j   Robertson, L ^k   D'Isidoro, M ^l   Kioutsioukis, I ^b   Friese, E ^c   Amstrup, B ^j   Bergstrom, R ^k   Strunk, A ^c   Vira, J ^e   Zyryanov, D ^d,n   Maurizi, A ^l   Melas, D ^b   Peuch, V H ^m   Zerefos, C ^b   more..

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^g EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^h Institute for Chemistry and Dynamics of the Geosphere (ICG)   (Germany)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^j DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^k SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^l INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^m CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

ⁿ ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

more..

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 77950843602     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-3273-2010     Document Type: Article

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