Radiative transfer corrections for accurate spectroscopic measurements of volcanic gas emissions

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-247

  Kern, Christoph ^a   Deutschmann, Tim ^a   Vogel, Leif ^a   Wöhrbach, Markus ^a   Wagner, Thomas ^b   Platt, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DOAS; Gas emissions; Radiative transfer corrections; Spectroscopy; Volcano

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODELING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRACE GAS; VOLCANIC GAS;

EID: 77952883293     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-009-0313-7     Document Type: Article

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