Analysis of IASI tropospheric O3 data over the Arctic during POLARCAT campaigns in 2008

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 7371-7389

  Pommier, M ^a,i   Clerbaux, C ^a,b   Law, K S ^a   Ancellet, G ^a   Bernath, P ^c   Coheur, P F ^b   Hadji Lazaro, J ^a   Hurtmans, D ^b   Nedelec P ^d   Paris, J D ^e   Ravetta, F ^a   Ryerson, T B ^f   Schlager, H ^g   Weinheimer, A J ^h  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e CEA SACLAY   (France)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; INFRARED RADIATION; LIDAR; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84869016835     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-7371-2012     Document Type: Article

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