Airborne DOAS measurements in Arctic: Vertical distributions of aerosol extinction coefficient and NO2 concentration

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 9219-9236

  Merlaud, A ^a   Van Roozendael, M ^a   Theys, N ^a   Fayt, C ^a   Hermans, C ^a   Quennehen, B ^b   Schwarzenboeck, A ^b   Ancellet, G ^c   Pommier, M ^c   Pelon, J ^c   Burkhart, J ^d   Stohl, A ^d   De Maziere M ^a  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SENSING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON MONOXIDE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OPTICAL METHOD; OZONE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

NORWAY;

EID: 80052648082     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-9219-2011     Document Type: Article

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