Detection of pollution transport events southeast of Mexico City using ground-based visible spectroscopy measurements of nitrogen dioxide

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4827-4840

  Melamed, M L ^a   Basaldud, R ^a   Steinbrecher, R ^b   Emeis, S ^b   Ruiz Suarez, L G ^a   Grutter, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOMOGENEITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 79961206322     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-4827-2009     Document Type: Article

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