Sulfur dioxide vertical column DOAS retrievals from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Global observations and comparison to ground-based and satellite data

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2470-2491

  Theys, N ^a   De Smedt, I ^a   Van Gent, J ^a   Danckaert, T ^a   Wang, T ^a,b   Hendrick, F ^a   Stavrakou, T ^a   Bauduin, S ^c   Clarisse, L ^c   Li, C ^d,e   Krotkov, N ^e   Yu, H ^a   Brenot, H ^a   Van Roozendael, M ^a  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AURA (SATELLITE); DATA SET; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IASI; INSTRUMENTATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENTINEL; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84927695869     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022657     Document Type: Article

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