Retrieval of tropospheric NO2 using the MAX-DOAS method combined with relative intensity measurements for aerosol correction

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1287-1305

  Vlemmix, T ^a,b   Piters, A J M ^a   Stammes, P ^a   Wang, P ^a   Levelt, P F ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ZENITH ANGLE;

DE BILT; NETHERLANDS; UTRECHT;

EID: 84862833101     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-3-1287-2010     Document Type: Article

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