Signature of tropospheric ozone and nitrogen dioxide from space: A case study for Athens, Greece

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 721-730

  Varotsos, C ^a   Christodoulakis, J ^a   Tzanis, C ^a   Cracknell, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athens; Greece; Nitrogen dioxide; Oxidation capacity; Tropopause height; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLOUDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE;

ATHENS; GREECE; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; OXIDATION CAPACITY; TROPOPAUSE HEIGHT; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

TROPOSPHERE;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDATION; OZONE; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; LATITUDE; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR CYCLE; SPACE; STRATOSPHERE; TOTAL OZONE COLUMN; TROPOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERIC NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE RESIDUAL;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84896268807     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.02.059     Document Type: Article

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