Systematic analysis of tropospheric NO2 long-range transport events detected in GOME-2 satellite data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 7367-7396

  Zien, A W ^a   Richter, A ^a   Hilboll, A ^a   Blechschmidt, A M ^a   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION; GOME; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84904548260     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-7367-2014     Document Type: Article

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