The 2011 Nabro eruption, a SO2 plume height analysis using IASI measurements

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3095-3111

  Clarisse, L ^a   Coheur, P F ^a   Theys, N ^b   Hurtmans, D ^a   Clerbaux, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; IASI; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ERITREA; NABRO VOLCANO; SOUTHERN RED SEA;

EID: 84897404216     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-3095-2014     Document Type: Article

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