Glyoxal vertical columns from GOME-2 backscattered light measurements and comparisons with a global model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 12059-12072

  Lerot, C ^a   Stavrakou, T ^a   De Smedt, I ^a   Muller J F ^a   Van Roozendael, M ^a  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BACKSCATTER; ERROR ANALYSIS; GOME; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE SENSOR; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

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EID: 78650372101     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-12059-2010     Document Type: Article

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