Global observations of tropospheric BrO columns using GOME-2 satellite data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1791-1811

  Theys, N ^a   Van Roozendael, M ^a   Hendrick, F ^a   Yang, X ^b   De Smedt, I ^a   Richter, A ^c   Begoin, M ^c   Errera, Q ^a   Johnston, P V ^d   Kreher, K ^d   De MaziAre M ^a  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BROMINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GOME; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; ION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLAR REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCIAMACHY; SEA SALT; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 79952080505     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-1791-2011     Document Type: Article

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