Evaluation of GEOS-5 sulfur dioxide simulations during the Frostburg, MD 2010 field campaign

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1929-1941

  Buchard, V ^a,b   Da Silva, A M ^a   Colarco, P ^a   Krotkov, N ^a   Dickerson, R R ^c   Stehr, J W ^c   Mount, G ^d   Spinei, E ^d   Arkinson, H L ^c   He, H ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d Washington State University   (United States)

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EID: 84894472312     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-1929-2014     Document Type: Article

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