TROPOMI on the ESA Sentinel-5 Precursor: A GMES mission for global observations of the atmospheric composition for climate, air quality and ozone layer applications

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 120, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-83

  Veefkind, J P ^a,g   Aben, I ^b   McMullan, K ^c   Forster H ^d   de Vries, J ^e   Otter, G ^f   Claas, J ^a   Eskes, H J ^a   de Haan, J F ^a   Kleipool, Q ^a   van Weele, M ^a   Hasekamp, O ^b   Hoogeveen, R ^b   Landgraf, J ^b   Snel, R ^b   Tol, P ^b   Ingmann, P ^c   Voors, R ^e   Kruizinga, B ^f   Vink, R ^f   Visser, H ^f   Levelt, P F ^a,g   more..

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d Netherlands Space Office (NSO)   (Netherlands)

^e AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^f TNO   (Netherlands)

^g DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air quality; Atmospheric composition; Climate; Earth observation; Ozone layer; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTIES; ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; CLIMATE; DATA PRODUCTS; DATA RECORDS; EARTH OBSERVATION; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; GLOBAL MONITORING; GLOBAL OBSERVATION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LOW EARTH ORBITS; MISSION OBJECTIVES; MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; POLAR SATELLITES; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING IMAGING ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER FOR ATMOSPHERIC CARTOGRAPHIES (SCIAMACHY); SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SIGNAL TO NOISE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; INSTRUMENTS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPECTROMETERS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EOS; OZONE; SATELLITE MISSION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84859428883     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.09.027     Document Type: Article

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