Validation of ozone monitoring instrument SO2 measurements in the Okmok volcanic cloud over Pullman, WA, July 2008

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Spinei, Elena ^a   Carn, Simon A ^b   Krotkov, Nickolay A ^c   Mount, George H ^a   Yang, Kai ^c   Krueger, Arlin ^c  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATMOSPHERICS; INSTRUMENTS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MONITORING; OVERPASSES; OZONE; VOLCANOES;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; COLUMN AMOUNT; DIFFERENTIAL OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DIRECT SUN; DOBSON UNITS; GLOBAL OBSERVATION; GROUND BASED; GROUND PIXELS; GROUND-BASED INSTRUMENTATION; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; OBSERVATION CONDITION; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC CLOUDS; WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMONITORING; CLOUD; EOS; INSTRUMENTATION; OZONE; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRATOSPHERE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TROPOSPHERE;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; FOX ISLANDS; OKMOK VOLCANO; UMNAK ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957566140     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013492     Document Type: Article

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