Trend detection in satellite observations of formaldehyde tropospheric columns

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  De Smedt, I ^a   Stavrakou, T ^a   Mller, J F ^a   Van Der A, R J ^b   Van Roozendael, M ^a  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; TIME SERIES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HYDROCARBON EMISSION; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; LARGE CITIES; LINEAR MODEL; NON-METHANE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION REGULATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREND DETECTION; TROPOSPHERIC COLUMNS; URBAN CORRIDORS;

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOGENIC EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FORMALDEHYDE; GOME; OXIDATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHINA; HONSHU; INDIA; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO]; TOKYO [TOKYO (PRF)]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957710024     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044245     Document Type: Article

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