Satellite observation of lowermost tropospheric ozone by multispectral synergism of IASI thermal infrared and GOME-2 ultraviolet measurements over Europe

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 9675-9693

  Cuesta, J ^a   Eremenko, M ^a   Liu, X ^b   Dufour, G ^a   Cai, Z ^c   Hopfner M ^d   Von Clarmann, T ^d   Sellitto, P ^a   Foret, G ^a   Gaubert, B ^a   Beekmann, M ^a   Orphal, J ^d   Chance, K ^b   Spurr, R ^b,e   Flaud, J M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e RT Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GOME; OZONE; PIXEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84885146680     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-9675-2013     Document Type: Article

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