Observation of slant column NO 2 using the super-zoom mode of AURA-OMI

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1929-1935

  Valin, L C ^a   Russell, A R ^a   Bucsela, E J ^b   Veefkind, J P ^c,d   Cohen, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; DETECTION METHOD; MONITORING SYSTEM; NADIR; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; PRECISION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; INDIA; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84857752447     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-1929-2011     Document Type: Article

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