Automated ground-based remote sensing measurements of greenhouse gases at the Bialystok site in comparison with collocated in situ measurements and model data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 6741-6755

  Messerschmidt, J ^a,e   Chen, H ^b,f   Deutscher, N M ^a   Gerbig, C ^b   Grupe, P ^a   Katrynski, K ^d   Koch, F T ^b   Lavric J V ^b   Notholt, J ^a   Rodenbeck C ^b   Ruhe, W ^c   Warneke, T ^a   Weinzierl, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Impres GmbH   (Germany)

^d AeroMeteo Service   (Poland)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HARDWARE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SOFTWARE; TROPOSPHERE;

BIALYSTOK [POLAND]; POLAND;

EID: 84864630003     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-6741-2012     Document Type: Article

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