An improved glyoxal retrieval from OMI measurements

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4133-4150

  Alvarado, L M A ^a   Richter, A ^a   Vrekoussis, M ^b   Wittrock, F ^a   Hilboll, A ^a   Schreier, S F ^a   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA SET; FIRE; LIQUID; MODIS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SCIAMACHY; WATER VAPOR;

AFRICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84908408132     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-4133-2014     Document Type: Article

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