Measurements of hydrogen cyanide (HCN) and acetylene (C2H 2) from the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI)

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 917-925

  Duflot, V ^a   Hurtmans, D ^a   Clarisse, L ^a   R'honi, Y ^a   Vigouroux, C ^b   De Maziere M ^b   Mahieu, E ^c   Servais, C ^c   Clerbaux, C ^a,d   Coheur, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; CYANIDE; INTERFEROMETER; TRACE GAS;

AFRICA; BERN [SWITZERLAND]; JUNGFRAUJOCH; MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84882759273     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-917-2013     Document Type: Article

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