DOAS measurements of NO 2 from an ultralight aircraft during the Earth Challenge expedition

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2057-2068

  Merlaud, A ^a   Van Roozendael, M ^a   Van Gent, J ^a   Fayt, C ^a   Maes, J ^a   Toledo Fuentes, X ^b   Ronveaux, O ^c   De Maziere M ^a  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^c Usf free Sky   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; GOME; MEGACITY; NITROGEN OXIDES; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; ITALY; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84865752413     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-2057-2012     Document Type: Review

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