Multi-annual changes of NOx emissions in megacity regions: Nonlinear trend analysis of satellite measurement based estimates

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 8481-8498

  Konovalov, I B ^a,b   Beekmann, M ^b   Richter, A ^c   Burrows, J P ^c,d   Hilboll, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GOME; MEGACITY; NITROGEN OXIDES; NONLINEARITY; SATELLITE DATA; SCIAMACHY; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

EUROPE; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 77956400453     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-8481-2010     Document Type: Article

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