Direct sun measurements of NO2 column abundances from Table Mountain, California: Intercomparison of low- and high-resolution spectrometers

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Wang, Shuhui ^a   Pongetti, Thomas J ^a   Sander, Stanley P ^a   Spinei, Elena ^b   Mount, George H ^b   Cede, Alexander ^c   Herman, Jay ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CALIBRATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INSTRUMENTS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LANDFORMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NASA; NITROGEN OXIDES; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION LINES; CALIBRATION PLOT; CALIFORNIA; COLUMN ABUNDANCE; DATA SETS; DIFFERENTIAL OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DIRECT SUN; DOPPLER; EXO-ATMOSPHERIC SOLAR IRRADIANCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETER; GRATING SPECTROMETERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROMETER; INTERCOMPARISONS; NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; NASA JET PROPULSION; SUN SPECTRA; VERTICAL COLUMNS; WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; FOURIER TRANSFORM; IRRADIANCE; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RESOLUTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETER; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CALIFORNIA; SOUTH AFRICA; TABLE MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 77956050434     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013503     Document Type: Article

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