Relative changes in CO emissions over megacities based on observations from space

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 3766-3771

  Pommier, Matthieu ^a,b   McLinden, Chris A ^a   Deeter, Merritt ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

air quality; carbon monoxide; MOPITT; satellite remote sensing; wind direction

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; DATA PRODUCTS; LONG LIFETIME; MOPITT; MULTICHANNEL MEASUREMENT; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; WIND DIRECTIONS;

AIR QUALITY;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOPITT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; BRAZIL; FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; UNITED STATES; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84880621260     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50704     Document Type: Article

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