A new scheme for sulphur dioxide retrieval from IASI measurements: Application to the Eyjafjallajökull eruption of April and May 2010

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 11417-11434

  Carboni, E ^a   Grainger, R ^a   Walker, J ^a,b   Dudhia, A ^a   Siddans, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 84870484577     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-11417-2012     Document Type: Article

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