Assimilation of OMI NO2 retrievals into the limited-area chemistry-transport model DEHM (V2009.0) with a 3-D OI algorithm

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-16

  Silver, J D ^a   Brandt, J ^a   Hvidberg, M ^b   Frydendall, J ^c   Christensen, J H ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SATELLITE DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRACE GAS;

EID: 84872238276     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-6-1-2013     Document Type: Article

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