Validation of ozone monitoring instrument nitrogen dioxide columns

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Celarier, E A ^a   Brinksma, E J ^b   Gleason, J F ^c   Veerkind, J P ^b   Cede, A ^d   Herman, J R ^c   Ionov, D ^e,f   Goutail, F ^f   Pommereau, J P ^f   Lambert, J C ^g   Van Roozendael, M ^g   Pinardi, G ^g   Wittrock, F ^h   Schonhardt A ^h   Richter, A ^h   Ibrahim, O W ⁱ   Wagner, T ^j   Bojkov, B ^d   Mount, G ^k   Spinei, E ^k   Chen, C M ^l   Pongetti, T J ^l   Sander, S P ^l   Bucsela, E J ^d   Wenig, M O ^d   Swart, D P J ^m   Volten, H ^b,m   Kroon, M ^b   Levelt, P F ^b   more..

^a SGT INC   (United States)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^k Washington State University   (United States)

^l CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENTS; MONITORING; NASA; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; RURAL AREAS; TROPOSPHERE;

COLUMN DENSITY; DATA PRODUCTS; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; FIELD OF VIEWS; GROUND BASED; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; GROUND-BASED INSTRUMENTS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; SHORT LENGTHS; SINGLE POINT; SPECTRAL REGION; TROPOSPHERIC COLUMNS; TROPOSPHERIC NO; VALIDATION DATA; VALIDATION MEASUREMENTS;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; AURA (SATELLITE); DATA SET; EOS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 77956123897     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008908     Document Type: Article

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